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honour English

Meaning honour meaning

What does honour mean?
Definitions in simple English

honour Noun

— Honour is the quality of being respected by other people.

honour Verb

— If you honour someone or something, you think highly of them; you respect them.

honour

— noun (= honor) the state of being honored — verb (= honor, reward) bestow honor or rewards upon Today we honor our soldiers The scout was rewarded for courageous action — noun (= award) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction an award for bravery — noun (= honor) the quality of being honorable and having a good name a man of honor — noun (= honor) a woman's virtue or chastity — verb (= honor) accept as pay we honor checks and drafts — verb (= respect, honor) show respect towards honor your parents!

Synonyms honour synonyms

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honour English » English

honor respect esteem worship dignity reputation praise reverence revere award fame credit prestige glory value regard prize venerate distinction adore accolade serve reward respectability renown observe laurels dignify adoration veneration laud homage extol commemorate celebrate show respect recognition purity price premium name medal laurel guerdon good name face eminence chastity admire abide by

Conjugation honour conjugation

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honour · verb

Examples honour examples

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Simple sentences

I don't like ideologies. I side with honour and common sense.
On my honour!
To what do I owe the unexpected honour of finding you here in my house?
A man of honour never steals money.
In honour of the day Liisa and Markku cracked a bottle of champagne together.
The Egyptians built this temple to honour the Pharaoh Ramses II.
Two years have passed since then, and my life has been until lately lonelier than ever. A month ago, however, a dear friend, whom I have known for many years, has done me the honour to ask my hand in marriage.
Being overworked is not a badge of honour.
It's a shame that you don't honour us with your presence.
To work for your father was an honour for me.

Movie subtitles

Mr. and Mrs. Berg have the honour to invite you to the Birthday party of their daughter Isolda.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Waldheim have the honour to invite... to the ball that will be held the 23 this month.
In honour of the promotion of the president. and his journey to the residency town, his fellow councillors. are bidding him farewell at a ceremony at the town hall.
At the same time as the ceremony at the town hall. the townspeople gather for a torchlight procession. in honour of the president.
My dear lady: Would you do me the honour of dining with me today in the same restaurant for dinner, where we met yesterday?
Your wife doesn't want to make up with you, because you have offended her honour. She will leave this house under my protection.
He killed him to protect my honour.
Would you care about the honour of this house so much if Johannes was interested in you?
Lock me up if I love anyone more than my life, Johannes, and if she be annihilated for solitude and grief, it would by the world force me to sacrifice my husband's honour.
I have the honour of telling you that the commerce minister would be pleased to receive you this afternoon.
He is the most energetic member of War Production Committee, Your Honour.
He looks like former manager of the office, Your Honour.
Is the honour of wearing a uniform. something from which we should run?
The field of honour calls you.
I demand that the honour of white people be protected from the encroachments of colored scoundrels.
Mademoiselle, may I have the honour of your company after the performance?
An affair of honour.
I give you my word of honour that I no longer want anything but to be with you.
Honour us again very soon, your grace.
Demoiselle. I have the honour and the pleasure to announce his majesty's visit this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
I have as special surprise the honour to tell you that his majesty the Czar, in order to help the poor of Vienna, will sell kisses.
He says he's a man of honour.
Vagrancy, Your Honour.
Whom have I the honour of addressing?
But I believe a word of honour would mean something to you.
I wanted to do something tremendous, to achieve what men of science have dreamt of since the world began, to gain wealth and fame and honour, to write my name above the greatest scientists of all time.
My word of honour!
I am thrilled to have the honour of announcing the culmination of mankind's history of scientific achievement!
I'm thrilled to have the honour of announcing the culmination of mankind's scientific achievement!
Say one word to sully the lady's honour and I'll slay you tomorrow in a duel!
Why, it's an honour to have those boots in your face.
We're behind the lines, but we know how to honour the soldier. who goes on in spite of blood and death.
But for that, you receive the highest honour.
I have the honour to present my master. My renowned master. My most renowned master, the Count of Carabas.
Your Honour, I ask for an adjournment, -.until tomorrow morning.
I have the honour to general manage for your brother his piston rings in South America.

News and current affairs

In the summer of 1998 they were re-buried with honour in Saint Petersburg.
We must honour this order if we do not want to fall prey to the arrogant belief that discovering fragments of truth may enable us to master the universe.

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