honoured

English

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Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑnɚd/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒnəd/
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  • Rhymes: (General American) -ɑnə(ɹ)d, (Received Pronunciation) -ɒnəd
  • Hyphenation: hon‧oured

Adjective

honoured (comparative more honoured, superlative most honoured)

  1. (British spelling) Respected, having received honour.
    • 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 229e:
      One of them is the time-honoured method of our forefathers

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Verb

honoured

  1. (British spelling) simple past and past participle of honour
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