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# honor

noun (honors); verb (honors, honored, honoring); British spelling honour

«honor» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Honor is respect and a good name that a person earns by being good and brave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honor/#m1)
2. An honor is a prize, medal or special mark of respect given to someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honor/#m2)
3. To honor someone is to show great respect for them, for example with a ceremony. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honor/#m3)
4. (formal) «In his honor» means as a way of celebrating him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honor/#m4)

### In the lessons

in stories a hero wins honor and a medal; in lessons it names praise for good deeds; phrases: a point of honor, in honor of, do someone honor

### Examples

- The hero won the honor of a medal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honor/#x1)
- Now he has the cross of honor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honor/#x2)
- The town held a party in her honor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honor/#x3)
- Our school will honor the winners at the end of term. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honor/#x4)
- She felt great honor at being chosen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honor/#x5)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

in stories a hero wins honor and a medal; in lessons it names praise for good deeds; phrases: a point of honor, in honor of, do someone honor

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «honor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honor/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«honor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/honor.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «honor» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/honor/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«honor» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/honor.html) on Mova free.