noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
had the dubious honor
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The Stephensons had the dubious honor of being the 100th family to lose their home in the fire.
honor roll
honor system
honored guest
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I was treated like an honored guest .
Medal of Honor
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
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Dole himself, his voice cracking, can barely get through his words: This is a great honor for Bob Dole.
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It was the greatest honor , other than getting accepted in heaven.
high
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The highest public honor our democracy can bestow will never go begging in a country full of ambitious over-achievers.
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Hopis painted Ruess and allowed him to participate in their traditional Antelope Dance, a high honor .
national
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These five women made no bones about national honor or scientific achievement.
■ NOUN
guard
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The idea of the honor guard was quietly put aside.
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Then an honor guard of off-duty cops would escort him into the hall.
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The inhabitants of a village would usually accompany the marchers to the next, as a sort of honor guard .
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Clinton clenched his jaw and stood silently beside the coffin as an honor guard handed him the folded flag.
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They walked slowly, led by the bagpipers, past an honor guard of law enforcement officers standing stiffly at attention.
roll
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That semester, the student made the honor roll for the first time.
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Personal: An honor roll student with a 3.57 grade-point average last marking period.
student
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He was an honor student and student body president.
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He was an honor student in his final two years of high school.
system
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In the past, an honor system prevented this contagion of broken trust.
■ VERB
accept
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In accepting the honor , Nicklaus knelt before a vice chancellor of the university, a man named Watson.
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It is painful to accept , your honor .
defend
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He killed a man, while defending his honor and is willing to risk killing another.
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Jacinto killed one man while defending his honor and now plans to take the life of the Colonel.
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Juan has been traveling in state of disguise because many years earlier, while defending his honor , he killed man.
do
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The women and children especially found him friendly and did him the honor of welcoming him to their great pumpkin feast.
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The duck was roasted just right and seasoned perfectly, and the accompanying tastes only did it honor .
give
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Yet none has ever been given that honor .
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They were scullions who only gave glory, honor , and dominion to whites.
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In the evening Mabel attended a reception given in her honor by the Knights of Columbus.
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But some panel members, including Turner, considered giving the honor concept back to the administration.
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Not just be-cause they are good business, but because they give honor to our Creator.
name
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The museum was named in honor of her grandfather, Chicago industrialist Charles Hosmer Morse.
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His longtime sailboat, named Apogee in honor of his lunar Apollo flight, is for sale.
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C., was later named in his honor .
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Teyechea now has a lush park next to Nogales City Hall named in his honor .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
with honors
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a soldier's honor
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He's won an Academy Award and a host of other honors.
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Winning tomorrow's game is a matter of national honor .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Congress did make feeble attempts to regain its honor .
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Dole himself, his voice cracking, can barely get through his words: This is a great honor for Bob Dole.
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May we bring honor to his name.
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On the parlor floor, I found what I was looking for in a place of honor over the living-room fireplace.
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Still, he had lain upon her knees and slept in her arms and therefore he should have honor throughout his life.
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They were not only demeaning their own masculine code of honor , but that of others.
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Unfortunately, it is difficult to give the Pittsburgh Steelers that honor .
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Yet none has ever been given that honor .