MEDAL OF HONOR

Meaning of MEDAL OF HONOR in English

noun

the highest award that the US gives to a member of the armed forces who has shown very great courage in a war

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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

MEDAL OF HONOR — Date: 1861 a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the Congress for conspicuous intrepidity at the risk …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MEDAL OF HONOR — the highest U.S. military decoration, awarded by Congress to a member of the armed forces for gallantry and bravery in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MEDAL OF HONOR — n. type of military award given for brave acts
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MEDAL OF HONOR — Date: 1861 : a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the Congress for conspicuous intrepidity at the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MEDAL OF HONOR — 1861 : a U.S. military decoration awarded in the name of the Congress for conspicuous intrepidity at the risk of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MEDAL OF HONOR — [Medal of Honor] (1898): a U.S. military decoration awarded in the name of the Congress for conspicuous intrepidity at the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MEDAL OF HONOR — ˌMedal of ˈHonor BrE AmE noun [countable] the most important medal given by the US to a soldier, sailor etc …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MEDAL OF HONOR — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Day is a former Air Force colonel and a recipient of the Medal of Honor …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MEDAL OF HONOR — ➡ Congressional Medal of Honor .
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
MEDAL OF HONOR — Медаль Почёта
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MEDAL OF HONOR — см Congressional Medal of Honor
MEDAL OF HONOR — см. Congressional Medal of Honor
HONOR — n honor; homine de honor man of honor; dama de honor lady-in-waiting; puncto de honor point of honor; facer se …
Interlingua English vocab
MEDAL — medallie (-ion)
English interlingue dictionary
MEDAL — medalya
English-Visayan vocabulary
HONOR — dungog;kadungganan;karangalan
English-Visayan vocabulary
MEDAL — I. noun see: mid Date: circa 1578 a small usually metal object bearing a religious emblem or picture, a piece …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HONOR — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French onur, honur, from Latin honos, ~ Date: 13th century 1. good name or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MEDAL — Piece of metal struck with a design to commemorate a person, place, or event. Medals can be of various sizes …
Английский словарь Британика
MEDAL — I. ˈmed ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French medaille, from Old Italian medaglia, coin worth half a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HONOR — I. ˈänə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: see -or, often attributive Etymology: Middle English onour, honour, honor from Old French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MEDAL — (v. t.) To honor or reward with a medal.
Английский словарь Webster
MEDAL — (n.) A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a device, and intended to preserve the …
Английский словарь Webster
HONOR — (n.) A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor …
Английский словарь Webster
HONOR — (n.) A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor to his …
Английский словарь Webster
HONOR — (n.) A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore …
Английский словарь Webster
MEDAL — ( v. t. ) To honor or reward with a medal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MEDAL — ( n. ) A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a device, and intended to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HONOR — ( n. ) To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HONOR — ( n. ) To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to bestow honor upon; to elevate in rank or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HONOR — ( n. ) A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HONOR — ( n. ) A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HONOR — ( n. ) A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MEDAL — /med"l/ , n. , v. , medaled, medaling or ( esp. Brit. ) medalled, medalling . n. 1. a flat …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HONOR — — honorer , n. — honorless , adj. /on"euhr/ , n. 1. honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MEDAL — I. ˈme-d ə l noun Etymology: Middle French medaille, from Old Italian medaglia coin worth half a denarius, medal, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HONOR — I. ˈä-nər noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French onur, honur, from Latin honos, honor Date: 13th century 1. a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MEDAL — vt to honor or reward with a medal. 2. medal ·noun a piece of metal in the form of a …
Webster English vocab
HONOR — noun fame; reputation; credit. 2. honor ·noun to accept and pay when due; as, to honora bill of exchange. 3. …
Webster English vocab
MEDAL — [med.al] n [MF medaille, fr. OIt medaglia coin worth half a denarius, medal, fr. (assumed) VL medalis half, alter. of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HONOR — [hon.or] n [ME, fr. OF honor, fr. L honos, honor] (13c) 1 a: good name or public esteem: reputation b: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MEDAL — piece of metal struck with a design to commemorate a person, place, or event. Medals can be of various sizes …
Britannica English vocabulary
MEDAL — medal BrE AmE ˈmed ə l ▷ medal|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HONOR — honor, Honor BrE AmE ˈɒn ə AmE ˈɑːn ə r ▷ honor|ed d ▷ honoring ˈɒn ə r‿ɪŋ AmE ˈɑːn …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MEDAL — / ˈmedl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun a flat piece of metal, usually shaped like a coin, that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEDAL — I. med ‧ al 1 /ˈmedl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: médaille , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HONOR
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MEDAL — n. a piece of metal, usu. in the form of a disc, struck or cast with an inscription or device …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MEDAL — n. a piece of metal, usu. in the form of a disc, struck or cast with an inscription or device …
Oxford English vocab
MEDAL — ( medals) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. A medal is a small …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEDAL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bronze medal ▪ The bronze medal went to Nool of Estonia. gold medal Medal of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HONOR — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES had the dubious honor ▪ The Stephensons had the dubious honor of being the 100th …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MEDAL — [noun] [C] - a small metal disc, with words and/or a picture on it, which is given as a reward …
Cambridge English vocab
MEDAL — n. Piece of metal struck with a design to commemorate a person, place, or event. Medals can be of various …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MEDAL — Synonyms and related words : Bronze Star Medal, Croix de Guerre, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Distinguished Service Cross, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HONOR — Synonyms and related words : abide by, accept, acclaim, accolade, accord respect to, account, accounting for, acknowledgment, acres, adhere to, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HONOR — See: DO THE HONORS, IN HONOR OF, ON ONE'S HONOR.
Slang English vocab
HONOR — n. Function: noun 1 respect or esteem shown one as his due or claimed by one as a right FF1C; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HONOR — I. noun 1. respect or esteem shown one as his due or claimed by one as a right received the …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
MEDAL — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bronze , gold , silver ▪ He won a gold ~ in the 100 metres/meters. ▪ gymnastics …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HONOR — See: DO THE HONORS, IN HONOR OF, ON ONE'S HONOR.
Словарь английских идиом
MEDAL — сущ. медаль; орден to award, give a medal ≈ наградить медалью/орденом to earn a medal ≈ заслужить медаль to strike …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HONOR — амер.; = honour , honourable честь, честность - professional /business/ * профессиональная честь /этика/ - on /upon/ my * , …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MEDAL — medal.ogg 1. medl n медаль; орден military medal - военный орден swimming medal - медаль за призовое место в соревнованиях …
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