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# honouring

verb, -ing form of «honour» (honour, honours, honoured, honouring); US honoring

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

## Everyday

1. Showing great respect to someone, often in a ceremony or with an award. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honouring/#m1)
2. Keeping a promise or agreement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honouring/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in news, history and school assemblies: «a ceremony honouring the soldiers», «honouring our heroes». In moral lessons: «honouring your word» means doing what you promised.

### Examples

- The school held an assembly honouring the retiring headteacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honouring/#x1)
- Remembrance Day is about honouring people who died in wars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honouring/#x2)
- We planted a tree honouring our old classmate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honouring/#x3)
- He is honouring his promise to help me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honouring/#x4)
- The town is honouring the lifeguard who saved two children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honouring/#x5)
- A new stamp is honouring the famous scientist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honouring/#x6)

### Note

Silent «h»: «an honouring ceremony». US spelling «honoring». See «honour» for meanings; «-ing» shows the action is going on or describes something that honours.

## On Mova

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