honour
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (BrE) (AmE honor) noun1 sth that makes you feel proudADJECTIVE▪ great, rare, special, tremendous▪
Eastlake Studio received top honours in the interior design category.
▪ dubious▪Max was given the dubious honour of organizing the children's party.
VERB + HONOUR/HONOR▪ have▪I had the rare honour of being allowed into the artist's studio.
▪ do sb (formal), give sb▪Will you do me the honour of dining with me?
▪ share▪He shared the honour of being the season's top scorer with Andy Cole.
2 great respectPREPOSITION▪ in sb's honour▪They organized a party in his honour.
PHRASES▪ a guard of honour (esp. BrE)▪The coffin was accompanied by a guard of honour.
▪ (the) guest of honour▪The president was guest of honour at the society's banquet.
▪ a lap of honour (esp. BrE)▪The crowd cheered while the athletes ran their lap of honour.
▪ a mark of honour▪They stood in silence as a mark of honour to the drowned sailors.
▪ the place of honour, the seat of honour▪ a roll of honour (BrE) (honor roll in AmE)▪The school's roll of honour lists everyone killed in the war.
▪She was on the honour roll every semester of high school.
▪I never made the honour roll.
3 good reputationADJECTIVE▪ family, national, personal▪He was now satisfied that the family honour had been restored.
VERB + HONOUR/HONOR▪ defend, fight for, preserve, save, uphold▪She felt she had to defend the honour of her profession.
▪ restore▪ bring, do▪This biography does great honour to the poet's achievements.
▪She brought honour to her country as an Olympic medal-winner.
HONOUR/HONOR + VERB▪ be at stake▪National honour is at stake in this game.
HONOUR/HONOR + NOUN▪ code, system▪honour code violations
PREPOSITION▪ on your honour (old-fashioned)▪I swear on my honour (= very seriously) that I knew nothing about this.
▪ with honour▪The prime minister sought an agreement that would bring peace with honour.
▪ without honour▪a man without honour
PHRASES▪ a badge of honour▪He saw his injuries as a badge of honour.
▪ a code of honour▪The secret society had a strong code of honour.
▪ a man of honour▪ a matter of honour, a point of honour▪It is a matter of honour to keep our standards as high as possible.
▪ a sense of honour▪ sb's word of honour▪I give you my word of honour I will not forget what I owe you.
4 award, official title, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ full honours, high, major, top▪the stars who took top honours at the MTV Awards
▪television's highest honour
▪ academic, battle, civilian, military, politicalVERB + HONOUR/HONOR▪ award (sb), bestow, confer, give sb▪The Order of Merit is the highest civilian honour that can be conferred on someone.
▪ accept, pick up, receive, scoop (BrE), take, win▪She has confirmed that she will accept the honour of a peerage.
▪It was the British who took the honours at last night's Oscars.
▪ earnHONOUR/HONOR + NOUN▪ list, system (both in the UK)▪He was made a life peer in the New Year's honours list.
PHRASES▪ with full military honours▪He was buried with full military honours.
5 honours/honors in educationADJECTIVE▪ combined, joint (both BrE)▪ first-class, second-class (both BrE)HONOURS/HONORS + NOUN▪ class (AmE), course (BrE), degree, program (AmE)▪He's in the third year of his honours course.
▪I took an honours class in English.
▪ graduate, studentPREPOSITION▪ honour in▪She earned a bachelor's degree with honours in English.
▪joint honours in mathematics and statistics
▪ with honour▪She holds an MBA with honours from the University of California, Los Angeles.
▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}He passed with second-class honours.
verbHonour/honor is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cheque
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