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( BrE ) ( AmE honor ) noun
1 sth that makes you feel proud
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , rare , special , tremendous
▪
Eastlake Studio received top ~s in the interior design category.
▪ dubious
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Max was given the dubious ~ of organizing the children's party.
VERB + HONOUR/HONOR
▪ have
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I had the rare ~ of being allowed into the artist's studio.
▪ do sb ( formal ), give sb
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Will you do me the ~ of dining with me?
▪ share
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He shared the ~ of being the season's top scorer with Andy Cole.
2 great respect
PREPOSITION
▪ in sb's ~
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They organized a party in his ~.
PHRASES
▪ a guard of ~ ( esp. BrE )
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The coffin was accompanied by a guard of ~.
▪ (the) guest of ~
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The president was guest of ~ at the society's banquet.
▪ a lap of ~ ( esp. BrE )
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The crowd cheered while the athletes ran their lap of ~.
▪ a mark of ~
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They stood in silence as a mark of ~ to the drowned sailors.
▪ the place of ~ , the seat of ~
▪ a roll of ~ ( BrE ) ( honor roll in AmE )
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The school's roll of ~ lists everyone killed in the war.
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She was on the ~ roll every semester of high school.
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I never made the ~ roll.
3 good reputation
ADJECTIVE
▪ family , national , personal
▪
He was now satisfied that the family ~ had been restored.
VERB + HONOUR/HONOR
▪ defend , fight for , preserve , save , uphold
▪
She felt she had to defend the ~ of her profession.
▪ restore
▪ bring , do
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This biography does great ~ to the poet's achievements.
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She brought ~ to her country as an Olympic medal-winner.
HONOUR/HONOR + VERB
▪ be at stake
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National ~ is at stake in this game.
HONOUR/HONOR + NOUN
▪ code , system
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~ code violations
PREPOSITION
▪ on your ~ ( old-fashioned )
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I swear on my ~ (= very seriously) that I knew nothing about this.
▪ with ~
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The prime minister sought an agreement that would bring peace with ~.
▪ without ~
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a man without ~
PHRASES
▪ a badge of ~
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He saw his injuries as a badge of ~.
▪ a code of ~
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The secret society had a strong code of ~.
▪ a man of ~
▪ a matter of ~ , a point of ~
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It is a matter of ~ to keep our standards as high as possible.
▪ a sense of ~
▪ sb's word of ~
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I give you my word of ~ I will not forget what I owe you.
4 award, official title, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ full ~s , high , major , top
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the stars who took top ~s at the MTV Awards
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television's highest ~
▪ academic , battle , civilian , military , political
VERB + HONOUR/HONOR
▪ award (sb) , bestow , confer , give sb
▪
The Order of Merit is the highest civilian ~ that can be conferred on someone.
▪ accept , pick up , receive , scoop ( BrE ), take , win
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She has confirmed that she will accept the ~ of a peerage.
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It was the British who took the ~s at last night's Oscars.
▪ earn
HONOUR/HONOR + NOUN
▪ list , system ( both in the UK )
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He was made a life peer in the New Year's ~s list.
PHRASES
▪ with full military ~s
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He was buried with full military ~s.
5 honours/honors in education
ADJECTIVE
▪ combined , joint (both BrE )
▪ first-class , second-class (both BrE )
HONOURS/HONORS + NOUN
▪ class ( AmE ), course ( BrE ), degree , program ( AmE )
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He's in the third year of his ~s course.
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I took an ~s class in English.
▪ graduate , student
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
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She earned a bachelor's degree with ~s in English.
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joint ~s in mathematics and statistics
▪ with ~
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She holds an MBA with ~s from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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He passed with second-class ~s.
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verb
Honour/honor is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ cheque