Meaning

1 senses

  1. British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.

More definitions
  • accept as pay
  • bestow honor or rewards upon
  • show respect towards

Examples

105 sentences

  1. It was an honour to work with you.

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  2. I feel honoured to be in your life.

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  3. Envy is the companion of honour.

    Заздрять тому, кому є за що.

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  4. A cenotaph is a monument erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere.

    Кенотаф — це пам'ятник, що споруджено на честь тих, чиї тіла поховано в іншому місті.

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  5. What an honour.

    Яка честь.

    deWelche Ehre!

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Forms

honours, honouring, honoured, honoured
Base formhonour · to honour
3rd person singularhonours
Present participlehonouring
Past simplehonoured
Past participlehonoured

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhonour
he, she, ithonours

Past simpleLesson

all personshonoured

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave honoured
he, she, ithas honoured

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill honour

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedhonouree

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
honoraryhonorifichonourableB2hoodB2
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