B1verb · intransitive · frequent

honest

hon·est

honest · honests · honested · honesting

To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourableTo adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.

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UK/ˈɒn.ɪst/US/ˈɑ.nɪst/

» Everybody knows that he is honest.

Alle wissen, dass er anständig ist. — MUIRIEL

Все знают, что он честен. — Hellerick

Все знают, что он порядочный. — megaton

Всі знають що він чесний. — older

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Meaning

1 senses

(obsolete)To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.

Examples

1012 sentences

Everybody knows that he is honest.
Всі знають що він чесний. — older
ruВсе знают, что он честен. — Hellerick
deAlle wissen, dass er anständig ist. — MUIRIEL
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I doubt whether he is honest.
Я сумніваюся в його чесності. — rozmaita
ruЯ сомневаюсь в его честности. — marafon
deIch bezweifle seine Ehrlichkeit. — Manfredo
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I think he's an honest man.
Гадаю, він чесна людина. — deniko
ruЯ думаю, что он честный человек. — Lenin_1917
deIch halte ihn für einen ehrlichen Menschen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I know that Tom is honest.
Я знаю, що Том чесний. — deniko
deIch weiß, dass Tom ehrlich ist. — wolfgangth
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I wonder if Tom is honest.
Мені цікаво, чи Том чесний. — deniko
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Origin

From Middle English honest, honeste (“honourable, appropriate, excellent”), from Old Frenc

From Middle English honest, honeste (“honourable, appropriate, excellent”), from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, from honor. For the verb, see Latin honestāre (“to clothe or adorn with honour”), and compare French honester. Displaced native Old English sōþfæst (literally “truth-firm”).

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Forms

honests, honesting, honested, honested

Base form	honest · to honest
3rd person singular	honests
Present participle	honesting
Past simple	honested
Past participle	honested

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	honest
he, she, it	honests

Past simpleLesson

all persons

honested

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have honested
he, she, it	has honested

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will honest

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

B1Feelings and character — Because the lesson uses it
A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form

Collocations

12 patterns

an an honest
be honest with
an honest man
to be honest
being being honest
an honest person
honest man
honest person
an honest mistake
is very honest
be completely honest
completely honest