honour

«honour» in Mova's school dictionary: Great respect that people give to someone: «in honour of» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (honour, honours); verb (honour, honours, honoured, honouring); US spelling honor

meaning for a pupil

1) Great respect that people give to someone: «in honour of». tree →

2) Something that makes you proud and glad: «It is an honour to meet you». tree →

3) Being honest and keeping your word: «a person of honour». tree →

4) (verb) To show respect to someone, often with a prize or ceremony. tree →

5) (verb) To keep a promise or agreement: «honour a promise». tree →

6) "Your honour" is a polite way of speaking to a judge or other important person. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and citizenship lessons people are honoured with medals, statues and days named after them. In stories and moral lessons honour means honesty and keeping promises: «on my honour», «word of honour». Phrases: «in honour of», «guest of honour», «it's an honour», «honour roll» (US list of good pupils).

examples

• The statue was built in honour of the brave firefighters. tree →
• It is a great honour to meet the queen. tree →
• She was the guest of honour at the party. tree →
• A knight must always act with honour. tree →
• I promise on my honour that I did not cheat. tree →
• The town honoured the old teacher with a special award. tree →
• You should honour your promises. tree →
• Her name is on the school honour roll. tree →
• Bad enough, your honour; the magpie's dead! tree →

note

Spelling: «honour» in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; «honor» in the USA. The «h» is silent, so we say «an honour», not «a honour». Related: «honourable», «honest» (also silent h).

In the corpora

• It was reported that a tribunal made an airline honour what its website chatbot had wrongly promised a customer.
• Bon Odori is a calm circle dance at Japan's summer Obon festival, which honours the spirits of ancestors.
• Euphemisms for death have many jobs: they comfort a family, honour soldiers, sell funerals and make dark jokes.
• Noah is honoured in Islam too, where he is called Nuh.
• Jews, Christians and Muslims all honour Abraham as a father of their faith; Muslims call him Ibrahim.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «honour» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.