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# honours

«honours» in Mova's school dictionary: **Awards, titles or special praise given to someone for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, plural of «honour» (honours); verb, he/she form of «honour» (honours)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Awards, titles or special praise given to someone for great work or bravery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honours/#m1)

2) A higher level of a university degree: «an honours degree». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honours/#m2)

3) «With honours» means with extra praise for very good results. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honours/#m3)

4) (verb) He or she shows respect or keeps a promise: «She always honours her word». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honours/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In news and history: «the King's Birthday Honours» (UK, Australia, NZ) list people given titles like «MBE» or «knighthood»; «full military honours» is a special ceremony for soldiers. In school: «graduated with honours». Phrase: «do the honours» = do a special job like cutting a cake or pouring tea.

### examples

- She received many honours for her work as a nurse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honours/#x1)
- He graduated from university with honours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honours/#x2)
- The soldier was buried with full military honours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honours/#x3)
- Would you like to do the honours and cut the cake? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honours/#x4)
- The New Year Honours list includes a local teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honours/#x5)
- The club always honours its best players at the end of the season. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honours/#x6)
- The Dioscuri received divine honours throughout Greece, and were worshipped with special reverence at Sparta. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honours/#x7)

### note

US spelling «honors». Silent «h»: «an honours degree». Plural noun and verb look the same: read the sentence to see which one it is.

### In the corpora

- [Bon Odori is a calm circle dance at Japan's summer Obon festival, which honours the spirits of ancestors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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