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Meaning of honeymoon in English

honeymoon
noun
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/ˈhʌn.i.muːn/ us
/ˈhʌn.i.muːn/
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a holiday taken by a couple immediately after their marriage:
on someone's honeymoon Where are you going on your honeymoon?
We had to move house the day we arrived back from our honeymoon.
The island is increasingly used as a honeymoon destination.
[ C usually singular ]
(also honeymoon period)
a short period at the beginning of a new job, government, etc. when there is no criticism from anyone
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honeymoon
verb [ I usually + adv/prep ]
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/ˈhʌn.i.muːn/ us
/ˈhʌn.i.muːn/
to go on a honeymoon:
honeymoon in They are honeymooning in the Bahamas.
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(Definition of honeymoon from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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honeymoon
noun [ C ]
us
/ˈhʌn·iˌmun/
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a vacation or trip taken by two people who have just been married:
We went to Hawaii on our honeymoon.
A honeymoon is also an early period in a relationship when criticism is not given:
The first year of the presidency is regarded as a honeymoon.

honeymoon

verb [ I always + adv/prep ] us
/ˈhʌn·iˌmun/
They are honeymooning in Jamaica.

honeymooners

plural noun us
/ˈhʌn·iˌmu·nərz/
This resort is popular with honeymooners.
(Definition of honeymoon from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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What does he, as a bachelor, know about honeymoons?
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Honeymoons though do not last; some are long, some are short but nothing lasts for ever.
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I understand that all the best honeymoons take place at 10 minutes past 3 o'clock in the morning.
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I am, on the whole, rather pro-honeymoons.
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After the festivities are over, the two sisters are dragged to their bedrooms and prepared by giggling bridesmaids for the first night of their honeymoons.
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They are transmitted to different destinations for their respective honeymoons, creating further, tertiary, duplicates.
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Sightings have been reported of a young woman who was honeymooning in the castle.
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With a retinue of servants, the immaculately kept place was stated to be an ideal setting for honeymooning couples.
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Bewlay has married at least four women who promptly vanish on their honeymoons.
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Wedding bells will ring in cinema cathedrals worldwide, with whirlwind honeymoons and long and happy lives on the tube and in homevid.
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First, a newly elected leader is supposedly granted a ' honeymoon ', a grace period during which he should not be held responsible for the past government's failures.
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As with many similar bridal magazines, it is designed to be an in-depth resource for brides-to-be, with many photographs and articles on wedding dresses, cakes, ceremonies, receptions and honeymoons.
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After a brief honeymoon period in which new brooms have initiated change, interests have tended to regroup, new patron-client networks have been established, and reforms have tended to stagnate.
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The golden honeymoon of the war is over.
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He will find that his honeymoon period is remarkably short.
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in Chinese (Traditional)
蜜月, （開始時的）蜜月期，和諧期, 度蜜月…
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蜜月, （开始时的）蜜月期，和谐期, 度蜜月…
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luna de miel, pasar la luna de miel, luna de miel [feminine]…
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लग्नानंतर लगेचच एका जोडप्याने घेतलेली सुट्टी, मधुचंद्र…
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新婚旅行, ハネムーン, 新婚旅行（ハネムーン）に出かける…
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balayı…
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lune [feminine] de miel, voyage [masculine] de noces, lune de miel…
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lluna de mel, passar la lluna de mel…
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(नव विवाहित दंपति का) हनीमून, विवाह के तुरंत बाद बिताया गया एक अवकाश…
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bryllupsreise [masculine], bryllupsreise, hvetebrødsdager…
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ہنی مون (شادی کے فوراً بعد جوڑے کا چھٹی منانا)…
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медовий місяць…
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شَهْر العَسَل, يَقضي شَهْر العَسَل…
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হনিমুন, মধুচন্দ্রিমা…
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líbánky, svatební cesta, novomanželský…
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bulan madu…
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การไปดื่มน้ำผึ้งพระจันทร์…
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tuần trăng mật…
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luna di miele, trascorrere la luna di miele…
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