transcription, транскрипция: [ ɒnə(r) ]
( honours, honouring, honoured)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: in AM, use 'honor'
1.
Honour means doing what you believe to be right and being confident that you have done what is right.
I do not believe I can any longer serve with honour as a member of your government.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
An honour is a special award that is given to someone, usually because they have done something good or because they are greatly respected.
He was showered with honours–among them an Oscar.
N-COUNT
3.
If someone is honoured , they are given public praise or an award for something they have done.
Two American surgeons were last week honoured with the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology...
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed
4.
If you describe doing or experiencing something as an honour , you mean you think it is something special and desirable.
Five other cities had been competing for the honour of staging the Games...
N-SING : oft N of -ing , it v-link N to-inf
5.
If you say that you would be honoured to do something, you are saying very politely and formally that you would be pleased to do it. If you say that you are honoured by something, you are saying that you are grateful for it and pleased about it.
Peter Alliss says he would be honoured to be asked...
It’s a very flattering offer, and I’m honoured by your confidence in me.
V-PASSIVE : be V-ed to-inf , be V-ed [ politeness ]
6.
To honour someone means to treat them or regard them with special attention and respect.
Her Majesty later honoured the Headmaster with her presence at lunch...
Those right-wing people who most honour their monarch see no reason for any apology.
VERB : V n with n , V n
• hon‧oured
Mrs Patrick Campbell was an honoured guest.
ADJ : ADJ n
7.
If you honour an arrangement or promise, you do what you said you would do.
The two sides agreed to honour a new ceasefire...
VERB : V n
8.
Honours is a type of university degree which is of a higher standard than a pass or ordinary degree.
...an honours degree in business studies.
N-UNCOUNT : usu N n
9.
Judges, and mayors in the United States, are sometimes called your honour or referred to as his honour or her honour .
I bring this up, your honor, because I think it is important to understand the background of the defendant.
N-VOC : poss N ; PRON : poss PRON
10.
see also guest of honour , lap of honour , maid of honour
11.
If someone does the honours at a social occasion or public event, they act as host or perform some official function. ( INFORMAL )
A well-known television personality did the honours at the official opening of the show.
PHRASE : V inflects
12.
If something is arranged in honour of a particular event, it is arranged in order to celebrate that event.
The Foundation is holding a dinner at the Museum of American Art in honour of the opening of their new show.
PREP-PHRASE
13.
If something is arranged or happens in someone’s honour , it is done specially to show appreciation of them.
He will attend an outdoor concert in his honour in the centre of Paris...
PHRASE : n PHR , PHR after v , PHR with cl