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Collocations for honour - noun

1. sth that makes you feel proud

ADJECTIVE

great, rare, special, tremendous
Eastlake Studio received top honours in the interior design category.
dubious
Max was given the dubious honour of organizing the children's party.

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VERB + honour/honor

have
I had the rare honour of being allowed into the artist's studio.
do sb (formal), give sb
Will you do me the honour of dining with me?
share
He shared the honour of being the season's top scorer with Andy Cole.

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2. great respect

PREPOSITION

in sb's honour
They organized a party in his honour.

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PHRASES

a guard of honour (esp. BrE)
The coffin was accompanied by a guard of honour.
(the) guest of honour
The president was guest of honour at the society's banquet.
a lap of honour (esp. BrE)
The crowd cheered while the athletes ran their lap of honour.
a mark of honour
They stood in silence as a mark of honour to the drowned sailors.
the place of honour, the seat of honour
a roll of honour (BrE) (honor roll in AmE)
The school's roll of honour lists everyone killed in the war.
She was on the honour roll every semester of high school.
I never made the honour roll.

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3. good reputation

ADJECTIVE

family, national, personal
He was now satisfied that the family honour had been restored.

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VERB + honour/honor

defend, fight for, preserve, save, uphold
She felt she had to defend the honour of her profession.
restore
bring, do
This biography does great honour to the poet's achievements.
She brought honour to her country as an Olympic medal-winner.

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honour/honor + VERB

be at stake
National honour is at stake in this game.

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honour/honor + NOUN

code, system
honour code violations

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PREPOSITION

on your honour (old-fashioned)
I swear on my honour (= very seriously) that I knew nothing about this.
with honour
The prime minister sought an agreement that would bring peace with honour.
without honour
a man without honour

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PHRASES

a badge of honour
He saw his injuries as a badge of honour.
a code of honour
The secret society had a strong code of honour.
a man of honour
a matter of honour, a point of honour
It is a matter of honour to keep our standards as high as possible.
a sense of honour
sb's word of honour
I give you my word of honour I will not forget what I owe you.

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4. award, official title, etc.

ADJECTIVE

full honours, high, major, top
the stars who took top honours at the MTV Awards
television's highest honour
academic, battle, civilian, military, political

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VERB + honour/honor

award (sb), bestow, confer, give sb
The Order of Merit is the highest civilian honour that can be conferred on someone.
accept, pick up, receive, scoop (BrE), take, win
She has confirmed that she will accept the honour of a peerage.
It was the British who took the honours at last night's Oscars.
earn

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honour/honor + NOUN

list, system (both in the UK)
He was made a life peer in the New Year's honours list.

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PHRASES

with full military honours
He was buried with full military honours.

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5. (honours/honors) in education

ADJECTIVE

combined, joint (both BrE)
first-class, second-class (both BrE)

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HONOURS/HONORS + NOUN

class (AmE), course (BrE), degree, program (AmE)
He's in the third year of his honours course.
I took an honours class in English.
graduate, student

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PREPOSITION

honour in
She earned a bachelor's degree with honours in English.
joint honours in mathematics and statistics
with honour
She holds an MBA with honours from the University of California, Los Angeles.
He passed with second-class honours.

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Collocations for honour - verb

Honour/honor is used with these nouns as the object:
cheque

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