honouring

«honouring» in Mova's school dictionary: Showing great respect to someone, often in a ceremony or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb, -ing form of «honour» (honour, honours, honoured, honouring); US honoring

meaning for a pupil

1) Showing great respect to someone, often in a ceremony or with an award. tree →

2) Keeping a promise or agreement. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in news, history and school assemblies: «a ceremony honouring the soldiers», «honouring our heroes». In moral lessons: «honouring your word» means doing what you promised.

examples

• The school held an assembly honouring the retiring headteacher. tree →
• Remembrance Day is about honouring people who died in wars. tree →
• We planted a tree honouring our old classmate. tree →
• He is honouring his promise to help me. tree →
• The town is honouring the lifeguard who saved two children. tree →
• A new stamp is honouring the famous scientist. tree →

note

Silent «h»: «an honouring ceremony». US spelling «honoring». See «honour» for meanings; «-ing» shows the action is going on or describes something that honours.

In the corpora

• Keeping a promise to someone who has died is a way of honouring them.

Trees and pragmatics

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