Honors

Word HONORS
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈɒn.əz/

Definitions and meanings of "Honors"

What do we mean by honors?

Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful)

The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity

A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen

A privilege

(in the plural) the privilege of going first

A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.

(feudal law) a seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended

The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon (compare honour point)

In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack.

(in the plural) (courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank

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The word "honors" in example sentences

The one discarding a tile that permits another player to win must bear the entire losses of all other players; if the player winning had any of the following four combinations of tiles exposed at the time of discarding, _unless the discarder himself had two complete doubling honors and was waiting for the winning tile_ or _was waiting for the winning tile which would give him more than two doubling honors_. ❋ Lew Lysle Harr (N/A)

As for the doubling honors, each set or combination doubles the total score once, and if there are five _doubling honors_ in a hand, the total score should be doubled five times -- for example: a player goes ❋ Lew Lysle Harr (N/A)

Putting my name on the label honors me, my family and Sherpas. ❋ Mary Orlin (2011)

The label honors Policy's five children: two daughters and three sons - a pair and three of a kind, or card player's full house, "casa piena" in Italian. ❋ Deborah Grossman (2010)

The title honors Howe for his many years of exemplary service to the university. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Do you know that when you become a junior, if you're getting very high marks, you can have what we call honors work. ❋ Unknown (1997)

Last night, Kathryn Bigelow received honors from the Director's Guild of America, which singled out her "The Hurt Locker" for the best direction in a 2009 feature film. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Of course the big daddy of Philippine literary honors is counting down to the traditional April 30 deadline. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Thomas Richards, a board member of the Legion of Valor, said making false claims about military honors is a violation of the Stolen Valor Act, and his group ... ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is clear that such frauds gain honors they do not deserve. ❋ Unknown (2010)

-- F Jay Couisnard earned All-Newcomer honors from the Summit League, as well as honorable mention all-league honors. ❋ Unknown (2010)

All good ideas, but taking top honors is Carl Kay, of Tokyo, who wrote, “Unfortunately, my diagnosis in this case is inputtence.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

Funny the the "trash" markets of vampire novels, teen dramas, and mainstream have figured this out, but not the ghetto of SF, who for the most part still thinks that guys with crewcuts, recently discharged with honors from the military are their readers. ❋ Wendigomountain (2009)

She heard the description of the very hard work involved in honors physics, and she recalled that one of her straight-As-throughout-middle-school friends is getting a C in it, and she took me aside and said, very firmly and sympathetically, "Mommy, I do not think I can do this." ❋ Intelligentrix (2009)

And at 11: 00 AM on November 11, Britain honors the dead with two minutes of silence. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I think her GPA would also be relevant given all the latin honors he received. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Hurt Locker swept most of the earlier awards that serve as Oscar barometers: the producers and directors guilds, along with top honors from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, historically one of the most accurate critics circles. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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