(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
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 ~ as a member of your government.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
An ~ 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 ~s–among them an Oscar.
N-COUNT
3.
If someone is ~ed, they are given public praise or an award for something they have done.
Two American surgeons were last week ~ed with the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology...
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
4.
If you describe doing or experiencing something as an ~, you mean you think it is something special and desirable.
Five other cities had been competing for the ~ of staging the Games...
N-SING: oft N of -ing, it v-link N to-inf
5.
If you say that you would be ~ed to do something, you are saying very politely and formally that you would be pleased to do it. If you say that you are ~ed by something, you are saying that you are grateful for it and pleased about it.
Peter Alliss says he would be ~ed to be asked...
It’s a very flattering offer, and I’m ~ed by your confidence in me.
V-PASSIVE: be V-ed to-inf, be V-ed politeness
6.
To ~ someone means to treat them or regard them with special attention and respect.
Her Majesty later ~ed the Headmaster with her presence at lunch...
Those right-wing people who most ~ their monarch see no reason for any apology.
VERB: V n with n, V n
~ed
Mrs Patrick Campbell was an ~ed guest.
ADJ: ADJ n
7.
If you ~ an arrangement or promise, you do what you said you would do.
The two sides agreed to ~ 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 ~s degree in business studies.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N n
9.
Judges, and mayors in the United States, are sometimes called your ~ or referred to as his ~ or her ~.
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 ~ , lap of ~ , maid of ~
11.
If someone does the ~s at a social occasion or public event, they act as host or perform some official function. (INFORMAL)
A well-known television personality did the ~s at the official opening of the show.
PHRASE: V inflects
12.
If something is arranged in ~ 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 ~ of the opening of their new show.
PREP-PHRASE
13.
If something is arranged or happens in someone’s ~, it is done specially to show appreciation of them.
He will attend an outdoor concert in his ~ in the centre of Paris...
PHRASE: n PHR, PHR after v, PHR with cl