honour

1 general:: honour adjectives a great honour • It was a great honour to meet my hero in person. a rare honour (= a very special honour that is not given to many people ) • Being asked to paint a portrait for the queen is a rare honour for any artist. a dubious honour (= something that you are not sure that you should be proud of ) • The city has the dubious honor of being the smoggiest city in the world. a signal honour formal (= a great honour ) • He received the signal honour of becoming an Honorary Fellow of the college. verbs have the honour formal • As a young man, he had the honour of meeting Winston Churchill. honour 2 verbs restore the honour of somebody/something (= make it return to its former state ) • He would be forced to restore the honour of his family name. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + honour national honour • For him this is a matter of both personal and national honour. family honour • Refusal of a marriage offer is seen as an attack on the family honour. phrases somebody's/something's honour is at stake (= someone may lose their honour ) • French people believed that the country's honour was at stake over the incident. honour 3 phrases a man of honour • I know Tom to be a man of honour and integrity. a code of honour (= a set of moral rules, laws, or principles that people follow ) • We abide by a strict military code of honor. somebody's word of honour (= a promise based on strong moral beliefs ) • I give you my word of honour that you will not be harmed. be/feel honour bound to do something (= feel that you should do something, because it is morally right or your duty to do it ) • My father felt honour bound to help his sister.

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2 general::   noun sth that makes you feel proud ADJ. great, rare, signal, special, tremendous | doubtful, dubious Max was given the dubious honour of organizing the children's party. VERB + HONOUR have I had the rare honour of being allowed into the artist's studio. | do sb (formal), give sb Will you do me the honour of dining with me? | share He shared the honour of being the season's top scorer with Andy Cole. great respect PREP. in sb's ~ They organized a party in his honour. PHRASES a guard of honour The princess's coffin was accompanied by a guard of honour. | (the) guest of honour The president was guest of honour at the society's banquet. | a lap of honour The crowd cheered while the athletes ran their lap of honour. | a mark of honour They stood in silence as a mark of honour to the drowned sailors. | the place/seat of honour, a roll of honour The school's roll of honour lists everyone killed in the war. good reputation ADJ. family, national, personal, professional He was now satisfied that the family honour had been restored. VERB + HONOUR defend, fight for, save, uphold She felt she had to defend the honour of her profession. | restore | do, bring This biography does great honour to the poet's achievements. She brought honour to her country as an Olympic medal-winner. HONOUR + VERB be satisfied In the return match the home team won 3?0 and honour was satisfied. | be at stake National honour is at stake in this match between France and England. PREP. on your ~ (old-fashioned) I swear on my honour (= very seriously) that I knew nothing about this. | with ~ The prime minister sought an agreement that would bring peace with honour. | without ~ a man without honour PHRASES be/feel (in) honour bound (to … ) He felt honour bound to help her. | a code of honour Knights in the Middle Ages had a strong code of honour. | a man of honour, a matter/point of honour It is a matter of professional honour to keep our standards as high as possible. | a sense of honour, sb's word of honour I give you my word of honour I will not forget what I owe you. award/official title, etc. ADJ. full ~s, highest, major, top the stars who took top honours at the MTV Awards | academic, battle, civilian, military, political, royal VERB + HONOUR award (sb), bestow, confer, give sb The Order of Merit is the highest civilian honour that can be conferred on someone. | accept, pick up, receive, scoop, take, win She has confirmed that she will accept the honour of a peerage. It was the British who scooped the honours at last night's Oscars. HONOUR + NOUN list, system He was made a life peer in the New Year's honours list. PHRASES with full military honours He was burie honours: type of degree course ADJ. combined, joint VERB + HONOUR do, take (formal) All students taking honours in Greek may also study Modern Greek. HONOUR + NOUN course, degree He's in the third year of his honours course. | graduate, student PREP. ~ in joint honours in mathematics and statistics honours: high mark in a degree course ADJ. first-class, second-class, third-class HONOUR + NOUN degree | graduate PREP. with ~ She passed with second class honours.

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