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# honest

«honest» in Mova's school dictionary: **telling the truth and not lying, cheating or stealing** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (honest, more honest, most honest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Honest means telling the truth and not lying, cheating or stealing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honest/#m1)

2) An honest answer or opinion is true and sincere. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honest/#m2)

3) An honest mistake is a mistake made without meaning to trick anyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honest/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and lessons on truth and tricks, being honest builds trust: own up to mistakes, give back things that are not yours, do not copy in tests. Honest does not mean unkind: you can be honest and gentle at the same time. In stories, honest characters are often rewarded. Phrases: «to be honest» (I am telling you what I really think), «honest!» (I promise it's true), «an honest mistake».

### examples

- Always be honest with your parents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honest/#x1)
- She gave an honest answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honest/#x2)
- To be honest, I didn't like the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honest/#x3)
- It was an honest mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honest/#x4)
- The honest boy handed in the wallet he found. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honest/#x5)
- Be honest — did you eat the last biscuit? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honest/#x6)
- Honest people don't cheat at games. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honest/#x7)
- I'm being honest: I didn't break it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honest/#x8)
- "I am looking for an honest man," answered Diogenes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honest/#x9)

### note

The «h» is silent: «ON-ist», so it takes «an»: «an honest boy». Noun: «honesty». Opposite: dishonest. «Honestly» is the adverb.

### In the corpora

- ["Thank you, that's so kind" is a way to be honest and kind at the same time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so/10/)
- [Asking kindly, "Does it hurt?" gives an older person a chance to be honest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so/17/)
- [A CV is a short, honest document about your skills, results and work, which employers read to decide whom to meet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/12/)
- [When two stories contradict each other and there is no proof, the honest answer is «we don't know».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/25/)
- [AI "detectors" exist, but they make mistakes and can wrongly accuse honest pupils.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/10-using-ai-to-learn-not-to-copy/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «honest» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honest/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.