"pay homage to" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pays homage to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paying homage to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paid homage to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paid homage to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pays homage to",
        "2": "paying homage to",
        "3": "paid homage to"
      },
      "expansion": "pay homage to (third-person singular simple present pays homage to, present participle paying homage to, simple past and past participle paid homage to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1960 November, H. P. White, “The evolution of train services on the Southern's Oxted line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 661:",
          "text": "The pattern of services over these lines today still pays homage to their history, which derived in considerable measure from the L.B.S.C.R.'s efforts to prevent infringement of its monopoly at Brighton and Eastbourne.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to show honor or respect to; to honor"
      ],
      "id": "en-pay_homage_to-en-verb-EmUSZkQh",
      "links": [
        [
          "honor",
          "honor"
        ],
        [
          "respect",
          "respect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to show honor or respect to; to honor"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "show honor to",
          "word": "rendre hommage à"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apotíno fóro timís",
          "sense": "show honor to",
          "word": "αποτίνω φόρο τιμής"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "show honor to",
          "word": "rendere onore a"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pay homage to"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pays homage to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paying homage to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paid homage to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paid homage to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pays homage to",
        "2": "paying homage to",
        "3": "paid homage to"
      },
      "expansion": "pay homage to (third-person singular simple present pays homage to, present participle paying homage to, simple past and past participle paid homage to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1960 November, H. P. White, “The evolution of train services on the Southern's Oxted line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 661:",
          "text": "The pattern of services over these lines today still pays homage to their history, which derived in considerable measure from the L.B.S.C.R.'s efforts to prevent infringement of its monopoly at Brighton and Eastbourne.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to show honor or respect to; to honor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "honor",
          "honor"
        ],
        [
          "respect",
          "respect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to show honor or respect to; to honor"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "show honor to",
      "word": "rendre hommage à"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apotíno fóro timís",
      "sense": "show honor to",
      "word": "αποτίνω φόρο τιμής"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "show honor to",
      "word": "rendere onore a"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pay homage to"
}