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Definition: Honorable Mention |
Honorable MentionNoun1. An official recognition of merit; "although he didn't win the prize he did get special mention". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Honorable MentionSynonym: mention (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Approbation | Be praised; receive honorable mention; be in favor with, be in high favor with; ring with the praises of, win golden opinions, gain credit, find favor with, stand well in the opinion of; laudari a laudato viro. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | For submitting a suggestion which saves time in copper mining operations, Joseph Ekstrom has been given honorable mention from the Board for Individual Awards, War Production Drive headquarters. His suggestion saves from three to five minutes every time t. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The professor made me great acknowledgments for communicating these observations, and promised to make honorable mention of me in his treatise |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
honorable mention | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "honorable mention"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Japanese Kanji | 褒状 (certificate of merit), 選外佳作 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ほうじょう (abbot's chamber, abundant crop, certificate of merit, chief priest, copybook printed from the works of old masters of calligraphy, fertility, fruitfulness, good harvest, productiveness, square jo, your good wishes, your kind intentions), せんがいかさく. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onorablehay entionmay.(various references) | |
Turkish | mansiyon ödülü. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-h-i-l-m-n-n-n-o-o-o-r-t" | |
-4 letters: nonemotional. | |
-5 letters: mentionable, nonhormonal, nonterminal, theobromine. | |
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