honour1 nounhonour2 verb
honourhon‧our1 British English, honor American English /ˈɒnə $ ˈɑːnər/ ●●○ W3 noun 
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- And what life may be worth when ... the honour is gone ... I can offer no opinion.
- But instead of honour the family found only grief.
- Des Collins, of the Royal Ontario Museum, doubts that it deserves quite such an honour.
- Guest of honour was Brigadier Garton who came up for the evening from his base at Catterick Garrison.
- In 472 this feast succeeded to the torchlight procession in honour of Persephone, and that of the Lupercalia.
- It was named in honour of our departed hero.
- John Ridd's sense of honour is practical as well as idealistic and his motives are relevant outside their historical context.
- This was not merely through the intrinsic loss but also because family status and honour were intimately linked to possession of land.
Longman Language Activatorto celebrate something
to do something , for example to have a party or special meal, because it is someone's birthday, wedding, or because of some other special event: · Congratulations on your promotion - we must go out and celebrate!· What do you want to do to celebrate our anniversary this year?celebrate something with something: · Harry celebrated his thirtieth birthday with a meal in a fancy restaurant.
to do something to show that you remember and respect an important event in the past or someone who did something important in the past, especially someone who is now dead: · The annual parade commemorates the soldiers who died in the two World Wars.· The book will be published in October to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Morris's death.
British /honor American to do something in order to show your respect for someone, for example because they have been very brave or have achieved something very special: · A parade was organised in honour of Madame Blier, who had risked her life to save the villagers from enemy soldiers.· When Mr Johns retired after 45 years' service, the company held a party in his honour.· The home stadium is named in Robinson's honor.
if you do something to mark a particular occasion, you do something special to show that it is important and should be remembered: · A firework display was organized to mark the Queen's birthday.· The celebration marked the 100th anniversary of the staging of the modern Olympic Games.
in order to celebrate an important event or achievement: · In celebration of the store's grand opening, we're offering free balloons for the kids.· A retrospective film festival is being planned in celebration of the actor's 86th birthday.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 1adjectives
A son is duty bound to look after his mother. Do you swear on your honour (=promise very strongly) that you will never tell anyone? Sharon became involved with music in the time-honoured fashion – through her family.
· It was a great honour to meet my hero in person.
(=a very special honour that is not given to many people)· Being asked to paint a portrait for the queen is a rare honour for any artist.
(=something that you are not sure that you should be proud of)· The city has the dubious honor of being the smoggiest city in the world.
formal (=a great honour)· He received the signal honour of becoming an Honorary Fellow of the college.
verbs formal· As a young man, he had the honour of meeting Winston Churchill.
formal (=used when saying that you feel proud that someone has decided to do something)· Will you do me the honour of becoming my wife?
Meaning 2verbs (=make people respect someone or something)· The bravery of these men has brought honour to their regiment.
(=do something to protect it when it is being attacked)· To defend his honour and his business interests, he was prepared to go to court.
(=stop it being lost)· Her father fought with him to save her honour.
(=defend it)· She felt duty bound to uphold the honour of her country.
(=make it return to its former state)· He would be forced to restore the honour of his family name.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + honour· For him this is a matter of both personal and national honour.
· Refusal of a marriage offer is seen as an attack on the family honour.
phrases (=someone may lose their honour)· French people believed that the country's honour was at stake over the incident.
Meaning 5phrases· I know Tom to be a man of honour and integrity.
(=something you feel you must do because of your moral beliefs)· To my mum, paying bills on time is a point of honour.
(=a set of moral rules, laws, or principles that people follow)· We abide by a strict military code of honor.
· Is he marrying her out of some misplaced sense of honour?
(=a promise based on strong moral beliefs)· I give you my word of honour that you will not be harmed.
(=feel that you should do something, because it is morally right or your duty to do it)· My father felt honour bound to help his sister.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (also stick to an agreement informal) (=do what you have agreed)· It’s important to keep to your student loan agreement.
A son is duty bound to look after his mother. (=a code of behaviour)· The family’s code of honour meant that they had to take revenge.
(=do what you promised to do)· Will they honour their commitment to a ceasefire?
(=do what you have agreed to do)· If you have signed a contract, you have to fulfil it.
(=a British university degree that is above pass level)· The ideal candidate will have an honours degree.
(=one who is given special respect and treatment)· They were the honoured guests of the Queen at the Royal Garden Party.
(=the most important guest)· The senator was guest of honour at a reception held at the American Embassy.
(=a degree in two main subjects)
British English, victory lap American English (=a lap to celebrate winning) The entire team took a victory lap in front of their cheering fans.
The entire team took a victory lap in front of their cheering fans. (=do something that you have a duty to do)· The company has been unable to meet its financial obligations.· All member states must fulfil their obligations according to the EC treaty.· The government failed to honour its obligations under the terms of the agreement.
(=more formal than keep)· The time is coming when they will have to honour that pledge.
Do you swear on your honour (=promise very strongly) that you will never tell anyone? Sharon became involved with music in the time-honoured fashion – through her family. (=a long tradition)· In time-honoured tradition, they have a drink in every pub along the high street.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· I therefore inherited the dubious honour of making it available on loan to youth workers.· Snows Ride, a local thoroughfare, was in all probability named in his dubious honour.· Mr Edmond has the dubious honour of being tried by the District of Columbia's first anonymous jury.· Northampton Town's followers bestowed the well-meant, if dubious, honour on Graham Reed, a vigorous and gritty right-back.· Both accepted what might have been regarded as a rather dubious honour.
· We consider it a great honour for all members of the band and bugles.· It was a great honour to receive it from Trevor Sorbie and Anthony Mascolo.· The higher the payment, the greater the honour to the bride.· It's a great honour and I only hope and pray I won't let Monsieur down.· But it's also a great honour and something that came about quite unexpectedly.· It was considered a great honour not only for Eva, but Salvation Army work as a whole.· It is a great honour for our waiters to take our guests their meals.· It was a great honour dictating his copy.
· The highest civilian honour she can confer - the Order of Merit - is particularly featured.· Make up your mind that whatever the short-term temptations may be, you will never deviate from the highest standards of honour.· Avice Cam deserved the highest honour that could be given for service to others.· Council leaders want to bestow the highest honour they can in recognition of Clough's achievements with Nottingham Forest.
· Something like their national honour was at stake.
· In a traditional adventure story the pursuit of personal honour is drawn to an absolute conclusion.· Later he had a sterner challenge to face, one which more closely affected his personal sense of honour.· At the heart of these have been the institutions of church and family and a code of behaviour based on personal honour.
· Rare honour: A 90-year-old churchgoer has been given a rare honour.
NOUN· In contrast Farc released a video showing its freed guerrillas saluting stiffly as they were greeted by an honour guard of rebels.
VERB· Council leaders want to bestow the highest honour they can in recognition of Clough's achievements with Nottingham Forest.
· Poets confer honour neither on themselves nor on their work by using a sophisticated diction.
· At least she died defending her honour.
· In May a lunch was given in honour of Emil Gilds.· Eriksson should give the honour to Paul Scholes or Rio Ferdinand.· The Führer has given to me the honour of organizing the conference and, of course, responsibility for his safety.· It is right that they should be given a place of honour in the history of ancient art.· Rare honour: A 90-year-old churchgoer has been given a rare honour.
· The following year a centenary festival was held in honour of the listed building.· The patroness of musicians and dancers, marvellous festivals were held in Bast's honour.
· It was named in honour of our departed hero.· The lectures are named in his honour and organisers hope to attract big names in the future.· The loco was named in honour of General Maude after her return from war service.
· He hinted that she might even receive an honour from the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher if she gave her support.· Mrs Hymes becomes the oldest woman ever to receive the honour.
· The town is only the second in the country to win the honour.· Foulkes won practically every honour in the game as a defender in the Busby Babes team.· But Bruce-who won every domestic honour during his time at Manchester United-is the favourite to land the job.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► First Class/Second Class Honours► your word of honour► the honours are even► with honorsPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► besmirch somebody’s honour/reputation► redound to somebody’s credit/honour etc► stain somebody’s name/honour/reputation etc
1something that makes you proud [singular] something that makes you feel very proud: - At a lunch in his honour, friends and former rivals gathered to pay him tribute.
- Festivals in his honour are marked by a plethora of flowers, and the lusciously scented frangipani is held sacred to him.
- He was laid to rest in a grave at his settlement on the riverbank and a shrine was raised in his honour.
- In 1817 the Dublin Society struck a gold medal in his honour.
- She said: Our Blessed Lady asked me to ask you to have a small chapel built here in her honour.
- The lectures are named in his honour and organisers hope to attract big names in the future.
- This year a memorial hall was built in his honour at his birthplace, Yaotsu.
- His portrait hangs in the place of honour in the Boston office of the Anglian Water Authority.
- It had the place of honour because, as he'd said earlier, it was unique.
- It is right that they should be given a place of honour in the history of ancient art.
- Richard Wilson, the genius of landscape painting, has a place of honour.
- Stan Wood is the man and he can already claim a place of honour amongst the great fossil hunters of the world.
- They enjoyed the greetings of people in the street and they loved places of honour at banquets.
- They were brought out on only a few special occasions and were always carefully washed and returned to their place of honour.
- After they have been examined, they will be buried with full military honours at one of the war graves.
- Cody was subsequently given a funeral with full military honours by the Aldershot garrison.
- He was buried with full military honours in Manchester.
- Memories of a man coming home for burial, with full military honours ... Such a very long time ago.
- The real leg was buried in the field of battle-with full military honours.
- The service was conducted with full military honours, ending in shots being fired over Paul's coffin.
- They are reburied with full military honours in the region's Commonwealth war graves.
- And we must both help Mum to do the honours.
- Bill Gates will supposedly do the honours himself at his Windows World keynote.
- Good, then Francesca can do the honours from Thursday and work for him thereafter.
- Grimes went behind the bar to do the honours.
- Outer Kent has been asked to do the honours at the next meeting. 24.
- And one which, don't get me wrong, I was honoured to stand against.
- It would be an honour to have a memorial on the site.
- She also felt it would be an honour to have custody of the machine.
- Sir Walter Scott once said he was honoured to be a mere twig on the Swinton family tree.
- We should be honoured to see you at dinner one evening soon.
- Don't you tell him either, because he'd feel honour bound to do something about it.
- Auguste would take it as a reflection on his honour if they were not, despite the unseasonable time of year.
- But I have placed the boy on his honour.
- They are a wild, free-spirited people, quick-tempered as Elves go, and swift to avenge any stain on their honour.
- But this was nothing: many things that are hard to obtain had been obtained in honour of this scent.
- He was at a banquet in honour of a Little League team of which his son Robert was a member.
- In 472 this feast succeeded to the torchlight procession in honour of Persephone, and that of the Lupercalia.
- It was erected in honour of the Emperor and his two sons Caracalla and Geta for their victories in Mesopotamia.
- It was named in honour of our departed hero.
- Martin Karplus of Harvard University touched on the issue at a conference in honour of Pople in 1990.
- They called it Schiaparelli, in honour of a hero of the art of astronomy.
- Benjamin Braddock, who has just graduated with honours, flies back to his wealthy family in Southern California suburbia.
- Faculty of Music - BMus, BMus with honours.
- It is true that some of these people are recognised with honours.
- The pair were meeting in the final for the fifth time in six years with honours even up to yesterday.
- This continued on until 1958 after a war-time lapse with honours even after 22 contents.
- Privatisation used to be a badge of honour worn with pride by these Ministers.
- That, more a badge of honour.
- Poets confer honour neither on themselves nor on their work by using a sophisticated diction.
- I therefore inherited the dubious honour of making it available on loan to youth workers.
- Mr Edmond has the dubious honour of being tried by the District of Columbia's first anonymous jury.
- Sarah, left alone, had the dubious distinction of being the last of all the Titfords in Frome.
- Kerrison was still standing by the body, rigid as a guard of honour.
- There was a guard of honour for the Shah to inspect - more than one hundred troops.
- They had a band and a guard of honour outside the station, their backs to a row of railwaymen's cottages.
- As a mark of respect I did the same thing, followed by Tam and Richie.
- As a mark of respect, and in keeping with the tradition of the family, all the Denknetzeyans stayed at Le Richemond.
- Before entering it, a student must make a formal bow at the doorway as a mark of respect.
- He had expended himself so much for the people Eva made the long journey to his funeral as a mark of respect.
- However, he regarded it as a mark of respect and discipline, and old habits died hard.
- It is a mark of respect for those you intend to do business with.
- It seemed a mark of respect for the dead.
- The following day's race was cancelled as a mark of respect.
Over 100 players competed for the honour of representing the county in the National Finals.it is an honour to do something It is an honor to have you here, sir.2respect [uncountable] the respect that you, your family, your country etc receive from other people, which makes you feel proudhonour of He was prepared even to die in order to defend the honour of his family.national/family/personal etc honour For the French team, winning tomorrow’s game is a matter of national honour.3in honour of somebody/something a)in order to show how much you admire and respect someone: The stadium was named in honour of the club’s first chairman.in somebody’s honour A special dinner will be held in her honour. b)to celebrate an event: An oak tree was planted in honour of the occasion.4given to somebody [countable] something such as a special title or medal given to someone to show how much people respect them for what they have achieved: Reverend Peters was nominated for the honour by colleagues at Walworth Methodist Church.highest honour (=most important honour) The medal is the highest honour the association can bestow (=give).5moral principles [uncountable] strong moral beliefs and standards of behaviour that make people respect and trust you: My father was a man of honour and great integrity. Her actions were always guided by a deep sense of honour (=strong desire to do what is morally right).matter/point/question of honour (=something that you feel you must do because of your moral principles) It had become a point of honour not to tell him about Lori.6at university/school a)with honours British English if you pass a university degree with honours, you pass it at a level that is higher than the most basic level b)with honors American English if you finish high school or college with honors, you get one of the highest grades c)First Class/Second Class Honours British English the highest or second highest level of degree at a British university7Your/His/Her Honour used when speaking to or about a judge: No, Your Honour.8place of honour the seat or place which is given to the most important guest or object: The vase she gave me occupies the place of honor in my living room.9with full military honours if someone is buried with full military honours, there is a military ceremony at their funeral10do the honours spoken to pour the drinks, serve food etc at a social occasion: Liz, would you do the honors?11 your word of honour a very serious promise that what you are saying is true: I won’t try to see you again. I give you my word of honour.12be an honour to somebody/something to bring admiration and respect to your country, school, family etc because of your behaviour or achievements: He’s an honour to his family and his country.13be/feel honour bound to do something formal to feel that it is your moral duty to do something: We felt honor bound to attend their wedding.14on your honour a)if you swear on your honour to do something, you promise very seriously to do it b)old-fashioned if you are on your honour to do something, you are being trusted to do it15the honours are even used to say that the people or teams in a competition, game etc have done as well as each other or have the same score16sex [uncountable] old use if a woman loses her honour, she has sex with a man she is not married to → guest of honour at guest1(1), maid of honourCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1adjectivesa great honour· It was a great honour to meet my hero in person.a rare honour (=a very special honour that is not given to many people)· Being asked to paint a portrait for the queen is a rare honour for any artist.a dubious honour (=something that you are not sure that you should be proud of)· The city has the dubious honor of being the smoggiest city in the world.a signal honour formal (=a great honour)· He received the signal honour of becoming an Honorary Fellow of the college.verbshave the honour formal· As a young man, he had the honour of meeting Winston Churchill.do somebody the honour formal (=used when saying that you feel proud that someone has decided to do something)· Will you do me the honour of becoming my wife?COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2verbsbring honour to somebody/something (=make people respect someone or something)· The bravery of these men has brought honour to their regiment.defend somebody's/something's honour (=do something to protect it when it is being attacked)· To defend his honour and his business interests, he was prepared to go to court.save the honour of somebody/something (=stop it being lost)· Her father fought with him to save her honour.uphold the honour of somebody/something (=defend it)· She felt duty bound to uphold the honour of her country.restore the honour of somebody/something (=make it return to its former state)· He would be forced to restore the honour of his family name.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + honournational honour· For him this is a matter of both personal and national honour.family honour· Refusal of a marriage offer is seen as an attack on the family honour.phrasessomebody's/something's honour is at stake (=someone may lose their honour)· French people believed that the country's honour was at stake over the incident.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 5phrasesa man of honour· I know Tom to be a man of honour and integrity.a matter/point/question of honour (=something you feel you must do because of your moral beliefs)· To my mum, paying bills on time is a point of honour.a code of honour (=a set of moral rules, laws, or principles that people follow)· We abide by a strict military code of honor.a sense of honour· Is he marrying her out of some misplaced sense of honour?somebody's word of honour (=a promise based on strong moral beliefs)· I give you my word of honour that you will not be harmed.be/feel honour bound to do something (=feel that you should do something, because it is morally right or your duty to do it)· My father felt honour bound to help his sister.honour1 nounhonour2 verb
honourhonour2 British English, honor American English ●●○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
honour (BrE)
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | honour (BrE) |
| he, she, it | honours (BrE) | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | honoured (BrE) |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have honoured (BrE) |
| he, she, it | has honoured (BrE) | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had honoured (BrE) |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will honour |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have honoured (BrE) |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am honouring (BrE) |
| he, she, it | is honouring (BrE) | |
| you, we, they | are honouring (BrE) | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was honouring (BrE) |
| you, we, they | were honouring (BrE) | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been honouring (BrE) |
| he, she, it | has been honouring (BrE) | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been honouring (BrE) |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be honouring (BrE) |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been honouring (BrE) |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- As a result, theories of the type proposed by Althusser and Poulantzas can not honour their own claims to completeness.
- Earlier this year Cardinal Glemp repudiated this agreement but he has now been prevailed upon to honour it.
- Going down now to a place where his certainties would finally be honoured.
- He says because my father died early in 1937 he's never been honoured for his work.
- It seems a strange way to honour such an amazing phenomenon.
- Pay scales either do not exist or are honoured mainly in the breach.
- Professor's research honoured at poly A Guisborough professor's research work has been honoured with a new post at Teesside Polytechnic.
- We hope that the factions will honour their commitment to a ceasefire in Mogadishu.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I was treated like an honored guest.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES A son is duty bound to look after his mother. Do you swear on your honour (=promise very strongly) that you will never tell anyone? Sharon became involved with music in the time-honoured fashion – through her family.
I was treated like an honored guest. (also stick to an agreement informal) (=do what you have agreed)· It’s important to keep to your student loan agreement.
A son is duty bound to look after his mother. (=a code of behaviour)· The family’s code of honour meant that they had to take revenge.
(=do what you promised to do)· Will they honour their commitment to a ceasefire?
(=do what you have agreed to do)· If you have signed a contract, you have to fulfil it.
(=a British university degree that is above pass level)· The ideal candidate will have an honours degree.
(=one who is given special respect and treatment)· They were the honoured guests of the Queen at the Royal Garden Party.
(=the most important guest)· The senator was guest of honour at a reception held at the American Embassy.
(=a degree in two main subjects)
British English, victory lap American English (=a lap to celebrate winning) The entire team took a victory lap in front of their cheering fans.
The entire team took a victory lap in front of their cheering fans. (=do something that you have a duty to do)· The company has been unable to meet its financial obligations.· All member states must fulfil their obligations according to the EC treaty.· The government failed to honour its obligations under the terms of the agreement.
(=more formal than keep)· The time is coming when they will have to honour that pledge.
Do you swear on your honour (=promise very strongly) that you will never tell anyone? Sharon became involved with music in the time-honoured fashion – through her family. (=a long tradition)· In time-honoured tradition, they have a drink in every pub along the high street.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· In effect, then, chapter 11 says it is better to keep a firm running than to honour debt agreements.· Moreover, Gosteleradio claimed that Interfax had never honoured an agreement to remit 50 percent of its earnings to Radio Moscow.· The orang caretakers asked Wartaputra to honour his agreement and refused to cooperate with the new plans.· Of course I shall honour our agreement to the letter.
· I repeat clearly today that the Government will continue to honour their commitment to people in that category.· Developing countries need environmentally sound technologies to honour their sustainability commitments under the Convention.· They would have to honour their homework commitments and take part from time to time in residential field trips and work experience courses.· Once again it did not honour its commitments, he says, thereby making a mockery of the Good Friday agreement.· We hope that the factions will honour their commitment to a ceasefire in Mogadishu.· It called on the Soviet Union to honour its international commitments.· The Government did not honour this commitment when unemployment benefit became taxable in July 1982.
· Lawrence has insisted he wants to stay and honour his contract at Middlesbrough and make them a force in the Premier division.· The union's basic demand, that employers honour the breached contract, can be fudged.· Trinity say that no extra cash is available and that Jackson must honour his existing contract.· Saga says it tried to force the hotel to honour the contract, but it refused.· To Blue's horror, however, the foreign companies decided to honour their original contracts.
· Joyce has now learned to honour her father's memory and to see his worth.
· The Bishop says John Major should honour his pledge to raise the level of aid.· Perhaps the time is coming when they will have to honour that pledge.· Instead he should press Kennedy to honour Eisenhower's unwritten pledge to provide Polaris as an alternative to Skybolt.· They have been undermined by the failure of governments to honour pledges to provide personnel and funds.
· Thaksin needs a large amount of funds if he is to honour the populist promises that got him elected.· The King was not called upon to honour his promise.· If he makes statements from the Dispatch Box, he should be a man of honour and honour his promises.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► somebody has decided to honour us with their presence► honour a chequePHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► besmirch somebody’s honour/reputation► redound to somebody’s credit/honour etc► stain somebody’s name/honour/reputation etc
1be/feel honoured (to do something) to feel very proud and pleased: - But, of course, writing something into a constitution does not necessarily mean that it will be honoured in practice.
- Existing hardware support and service agreements will be honoured, it says.
- Going down now to a place where his certainties would finally be honoured.
- He doubted if his hatred of Dysart could even be honoured with the description of revenge.
- He, too. is convinced that a contract signed has to be honoured.
- In such cases the courts have said that the promise must be honoured.
- Individual boatmen should also be honoured through clubs nominating skippers for their ability to find fish and their helpfulness towards anglers.
- It should be remembered, and she should be honoured for it.
- Moreover, Gosteleradio claimed that Interfax had never honoured an agreement to remit 50 percent of its earnings to Radio Moscow.
- Privatisation used to be a badge of honour worn with pride by these Ministers.
- That, more a badge of honour.
- Poets confer honour neither on themselves nor on their work by using a sophisticated diction.
- I therefore inherited the dubious honour of making it available on loan to youth workers.
- Mr Edmond has the dubious honour of being tried by the District of Columbia's first anonymous jury.
- Sarah, left alone, had the dubious distinction of being the last of all the Titfords in Frome.
- Kerrison was still standing by the body, rigid as a guard of honour.
- There was a guard of honour for the Shah to inspect - more than one hundred troops.
- They had a band and a guard of honour outside the station, their backs to a row of railwaymen's cottages.
- As a mark of respect I did the same thing, followed by Tam and Richie.
- As a mark of respect, and in keeping with the tradition of the family, all the Denknetzeyans stayed at Le Richemond.
- Before entering it, a student must make a formal bow at the doorway as a mark of respect.
- He had expended himself so much for the people Eva made the long journey to his funeral as a mark of respect.
- However, he regarded it as a mark of respect and discipline, and old habits died hard.
- It is a mark of respect for those you intend to do business with.
- It seemed a mark of respect for the dead.
- The following day's race was cancelled as a mark of respect.
I felt very honoured to be included in the team.2formal to show publicly that someone is respected and admired, especially by praising them or giving them a special titlehonour somebody with something He was honored with an award for excellence in teaching.honour somebody for something Two firefighters have been honoured for their courage.3honour a promise/contract/agreement etc to do what you have agreed to do: Once again, the government has failed to honour its promises. We pray that both sides will continue to honour their commitment to the peace agreement.4to treat someone with special respect: In a marriage, you need to honour one another. I was treated like an honored guest.5honour a cheque if your bank honours a cheque that you have given someone, it pays the money to that person6somebody has decided to honour us with their presence used humorously when someone arrives late, or to someone who rarely comes to a meeting, class etc- whitener
- whiteness
- White Nile
- white noise
- integrity
- integument
- Intel
- intellect
- intellectual
- intellectualism
- intellectualize
- intellectually
- intellectual property
- intelligence
- intelligence quotient
- intelligent
- intelligent design
- intelligently
- intelligentsia
- intelligibility
- intelligible
- intelligibly
- intemperance
- intemperate
- intend