📒 great respect for somebody
- the guest of honour (= the most important one)
- the seat/place of honour (= given to the most important guest)
- They stood in silence as a mark of honour to her.
📒 something that you are very pleased or proud to do because people are showing you great respect
- honour to do something It was a great honour to be invited here today.
- It is a great honour to represent my country at the Olympics.
- It was my honour and privilege to be Helen's friend.
📒 the quality of knowing and doing what is morally right
- a man of honour
- Proving his innocence has become a matter of honour.
- He was a man of honour who always spoke the truth.
📒 a good reputation; respect from other people
- upholding the honour of your country
- The family honour is at stake.
- He was now satisfied that the family honour had been restored.
📒 a person or thing that causes others to respect and admire something/somebody
- She is an honour to the profession.
📒 an award, official title, etc. given to somebody as a reward for something that they have done
- the New Year’s Honours list (= in Britain, a list of awards and titles given on January 1 each year)
- to receive/win the highest honour
- to bestow an honour on somebody
📒 a university course that is of a higher level than a basic course (in the US also used to describe a class in school that is at a higher level than other classes)
- an honours degree/course
- a First Class Honours degree
- (North American English) I took an honors class in English.
📒 if you pass an exam or graduate from a university or school with honours, you receive a special grade for having achieved a very high standard
- He passed with second-class honours.
📒 a title of respect used when talking to or about a judge or a US mayor
- No more questions, Your Honour.
📒 the cards that have the highest value
📒 to do something to make somebody feel very proud and pleased
- Would you do me the honour of dining with me?
📒 to perform a social duty or ceremony, such as pouring drinks, making a speech, etc.
- Would you do the honours and draw the winning ticket?
📒 to be given the opportunity to do something that makes you feel proud and happy
- May I have the honour of the next dance?
- It was Tevez who had the honour of scoring the first goal.
- She had the honour of being the first living artist to have her work exhibited in the Louvre.
📒 used to say that even criminals have standards of behaviour that they respect
📒 to feel that you must do something because of your sense of moral duty
- She felt honour-bound to attend as she had promised to.
- He felt honour bound to help her.
📒 no particular person, team, etc. is doing better than the others in a competition, an argument, etc.
📒 in order to show great respect for somebody/something
- a ceremony in honour of those killed in the explosion
- A banquet was held in her honour.
- The arch was built in honour of the Emperor.
📒 used to promise very seriously that you will do something or that something is true
- I swear on my honour that I knew nothing about this.
📒 to be trusted to do something
- You're on your honour not to go into my room.
📒 a thing that somebody considers to be very important for their honour or reputation