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# honeymoon

«honeymoon» in Mova's school dictionary: **a holiday that a newly married couple take together just…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a honeymoon, honeymoons); verb (honeymoon, honeymoons, honeymooned, honeymooning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A honeymoon is a holiday that a newly married couple take together just after their wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeymoon/#m1)

2) The honeymoon (period) is the happy, easy time at the start of something new, like a new job or a new leader, before problems begin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeymoon/#m2)

3) To honeymoon is to go on a honeymoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeymoon/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories about weddings, the couple leave for their honeymoon after the party. In news and adult talk, a new prime minister or teacher has a «honeymoon period». Phrases: «go on honeymoon», «on their honeymoon», «the honeymoon is over», «honeymoon suite».

### examples

- After the wedding they went on honeymoon to Italy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeymoon/#x1)
- My aunt sent us a postcard from her honeymoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeymoon/#x2)
- The hotel gave them the honeymoon suite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeymoon/#x3)
- They honeymooned on a quiet island. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeymoon/#x4)
- The new coach had a short honeymoon before we started losing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeymoon/#x5)
- When the puppy chewed the sofa, the honeymoon was over! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeymoon/#x6)
- Mum and Dad showed us photos from their honeymoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeymoon/#x7)

### note

Countable. Use «a honeymoon» (the h is pronounced). «The honeymoon is over» is an idiom: the easy start has ended. Mostly about married couples; a holiday before a wedding is not a honeymoon.

### In the corpora

- [A honeymoon is a holiday a couple takes just after the wedding, to rest and celebrate, just the two of them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «honeymoon» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honeymoon/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.