honourable
part of speech
adjective (honourable; US: honorable); title (the Honourable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Good, honest and fair; deserving respect. tree →
2) Done in a way that keeps your honour, as in «an honourable draw». tree →
3) (formal) «the Honourable» — a title for some judges, politicians and officials; in Parliament «my honourable friend». tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories it describes a hero who keeps promises and tells the truth. In sport an «honourable defeat» means you lost but played well and fairly. In social studies pupils meet «the Honourable Member» in parliaments in the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. «Honourable mention» is a prize for doing well without winning.
examples
- The knight was honourable and never lied. tree →
- Giving back the lost wallet was the honourable thing to do. tree →
- Our poem got an honourable mention. tree →
- It was an honourable draw against a strong team. tree →
- The Honourable Judge Smith entered the court. tree →
- «My honourable friend is mistaken,» said the MP. tree →
- An honourable person keeps their word. tree →
- “I also,” he said, “have an honourable record.” tree →
note
UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, Ireland spell «honourable»; the USA spells «honorable». The h is silent, so it is «an honourable man». Opposite: dishonourable. Abbreviation in titles: Hon.
In the corpora
- And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
- He was most honourable of the three; therefore he was made their captain; howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
- He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three.
- Who hath devised this against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «honourable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.