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Definition: Honored |
HonoredAdjective1. Having an illustrious reputation; respected; "our esteemed leader"; "a prestigious author". 2. Worthy of honor; "an honored name"; "our honored dead". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "honored" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: HonoredSynonyms: esteemed (adj), honoured (adj), prestigious (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Desuetude | Infraction of usage; (unconformity); nonprevalence; "a custom more honored in the breach than the observance". |
Repute | Perennius; time honored. |
Adjective: distinguished, distingue, noted; of note; Noun: honored; Verb: popular; fashionable. | |
Wrong | A custom more honored in the breach than the observance. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Honored |
| English words defined with "honored": august ♦ banneret, born ♦ celebrity ♦ Deified ♦ Esaki, esteem ♦ fame ♦ honor, Honorless, honour, honoured ♦ Karl Waldemar Ziegler, knight, knight banneret, knight of the square flag ♦ laureate, laurels, Leo Esaki ♦ Madonna, Mary, Max Born ♦ Parade rest, Pieter Zeeman, posthumously ♦ regard, renown, respect, revered, Richard Adolph Zsigmondy, Robert Burns Woodward, Robert Woodrow Wilson ♦ Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson ♦ The Virgin, time-honored, time-honoured, Triumpher ♦ Unknown Soldier ♦ Vacuna, venerable, Virgin Mary ♦ Wilkinson, Wilson, Woodward ♦ Zeeman, Ziegler, Zsigmondy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "honored": BERENICE, BRAIN ♦ CAESAR, Confirming Bank, CROMWELL ♦ GOAT ♦ hole model, HOPE ♦ INFORMATION CLERK-CASHIER ♦ King, Kiss ♦ refuge ♦ Safeguards, Shaking Hands ♦ Violin ♦ You was. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm honored. I'm equal to the task (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) But I'd be honored to escort you to your vehicle (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) I'm honored (Die Hard: With a Vengeance; writing credit: Jonathan Hensleigh) We are very honored tonight, Rick (Casablanca; writing credit: Murray Burnett; Joan Alison) Checks will not be honored. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
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 | Astronaut John Glenn being Honored. Credit: NASA. |  | The Air Force honored 2nd Lt. Richard Van de Geer with a full-honors funeral Oct. 27, at Arlington National Cemetery. Van de Geer died when the CH-53 helicopter he was co-piloting was shot down approaching Ko Tang Island, Cambodia, during the USS Mayaquez. |
 | A visitor to Arizona public lands relives a time honored experience, gold panning. Credit: UNknown. |  | To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the invention of the transistor, co-inventors William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain being honored during the IEEE INTERCON in New York City. Each of the Nobel Laureates receiving a special gold medal dona. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Nine notable Americans honored at N.Y.U. "Hall of Fame"--Colorful ceremonies attend unveiling of busts. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Mary Bell Armstrong receives diploma from Major General James A Ulio, A.G.D. Miss Armstrong was the first WAAC so honored. Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | George Washington honored on 190th anniversary--President Coolidge speaking at memorial services ... Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Secretary of State Frank Kellogg, in cap and gown, being honored with the Degree of Doctor of Laws, by Georgetown University, standing with three other men. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The time honored guest / painted by W. Dendy Sadler ; etched by James Dobie. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Our regular divisions, honored and respected by all Enlist for the infantry - or in one of the other 12 branches / / James Montgomery Flagg ; lithographed by Sackett & Wilhelms Corporation, Brooklyn, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Pope | By foreign hands thy humble grave adorned; By strangers honored, and by strangers mourned. |
Author Unknown | No person was ever honored for what he received, but for what he gave. |
Author Unknown. | Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God. |
Bhagavad Gita | For one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death. |
Dr. Frank Crane | The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most. |
Francis Bacon | The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding. |
Jefferson | Let the farmer for evermore be honored in his calling, for they who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God. |
Marcus T. Cicero | Old age, especially an honored old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth. |
Plato | What is honored in a country will be cultivated there. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Abraham Lincoln | 1863 | It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. (The Gettysburg Address) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | It could have been prevented in my belief without the firing of a single shot, and Germany might be powerful, prosperous and honored to-day; but no one would listen and one by one we were all sucked into the awful whirlpool. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | No man was ever more honored in the character of his raisers than I. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | When the physician has determined that clinical indications justify the administration of ECT, the law requires, and medical ethics demand, that the patient's freedom to accept or refuse the treatment be fully honored. (references) | |
Business | In most cases, a foreign certificate will not be honored without the product first being tested. (references) | |
Economic History | Taiwan | Confucianism also is an honored school of thought and ethical code. (references) |
Indonesia | While courts were not reliable, contracts were largely honored and debts paid. (references) | |
Uruguay | C. Industrial or commercial government monopolies are not honored within FTZs. (references) | |
Human Rights | Dominica | This requirement generally is honored in practice, although those arrested on Fridays often must remain in jail over the weekend and are not charged until the following Monday. (references) |
Bolivia | The public defender program also provides information about human rights to citizens and seeks to involve public defenders in arrest cases at the earliest possible juncture to ensure that human rights and due process are honored. (references) | |
Political Economy | Moldova | Fighting flared briefly in 1992 but ended after Russian forces intervened, and a truce has held since, although agreements to normalize relations have not been honored. (references) |
Trade | Italy | If the terms are no followed, the letter of credit may not be honored by the bank. (references) |
Ukraine | Firms complain that the VAT system is poorly administered and some firms have reported that their VAT refund claims were not honored. (references) | |
Colombia | Loans approved and committed to prior to the March 1996 decertification continued to be honored and executed during the decertification period. (references) | |
Travel | Austria | If you are including Austria on a multi-nation itinerary, Eurailpasses are honored in 17 countries. (references) |
Ireland | Irish buyers are concerned that after placing an order with an American supplier, the delivery date will not be honored. (references) | |
Italy | Italians, and Europeans in general, are concerned that after placing an order with a supplier that the delivery date be honored. (references) | |
Women | Georgia | A 1998 NGO poll of women found a gap between the perceptions of older and younger women; older women tended to view their place in traditional society as an honored one, while younger women reported that although there were no real barriers to a professional life or to a good education, discrimination and harassment in the workplace were problems. (references) |
Worker Rights | Guatemala | Management and labor honored collective contracts at some firms; in others, management, and sometimes labor, chose to ignore selected provisions of binding collective bargaining agreements. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | BRAIN, n. An apparatus with which we think what we think. That which distinguishes the man who is content to be something from the man who wishes to do something. A man of great wealth, or one who has been pitchforked into high station, has commonly such a headful of brain that his neighbors cannot keep their hats on. In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, brain is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Joe Esposito | The wedding was great. It really was. I was very honored to be one of the co-best men at his wedding. And we tried to keep it from the press. |
Julie Andrews | Mostly, I just got up and said that I was thrilled and honored to have been nominated, but in the light of the way I felt and in order to support my company, I felt I couldn't accept it. |
Robert Shapiro | You know, first of all, I'm so honored to be on the same show with Warren Christopher. And I had a chance to meet with the Secretary before this show. And I was discussing this. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | When I was first honored with a call into the service of my country, then on the eve of an arduous struggle for its liberties, the light in which I contemplated my duty required that I should renounce every pecuniary compensation. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Taking into view the trust with which I am now honored, it would be improper after what has passed that this discussion should be revived with an uncertainty of my opinion respecting the right. |
James K. Polk | 1845-1849 | Honored with this distinguished consideration at an earlier period of life than any of my predecessors, I can not disguise the diffidence with which I am about to enter on the discharge of my official duties. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | This Congress has already reserved for itself an honored chapter in the history of America. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | As a result of our enforcement policy, the illegal flow from Cuba has been halted and an orderly process has been initiated to make certain that our refugee and immigration laws are honored. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | President, distinguished members of Congress, honored guests and fellow citizens. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Throughout our history, we haven't always honored that ideal and we've never fully lived up to it. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Are Security Council resolutions to be honored and enforced, or cast aside without consequence? |
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| "Honored" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Honored" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "honored": a custom more honored in the breach than the observance ♦ be honored ♦ honored person ♦ much honored ♦ person being honored at a celebration ♦ time honored. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "honored": all-honored, time-honored. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
honored | 3 |
baby honored | 2 |
guest honored marriott | 2 |
as honored humanitarian kevorkian | 2 |
honored time tradition | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "honored"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i respektuar (honoured, reputable, respectable, valued, venerable), i nderuar (honorable, honourable, honoured, laurelled, patriarchal, reputable, respectable, venerable, well thought out, worshipful). (various references) | |
Arabic | مفخم (dignified, esteemed, exalted, extolled, glorified, honoured). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | удостоен (honoured), почетен (honorable, honorific, honourable, honoured), почитаем (dear, esteemed, honorable, honourable, honoured). (various references) | |
Chinese | 榮幸 , 榮 (glory), 尊守 (honoring, honoured). (various references) | |
Czech | ctìný (honoured, reputable). (various references) | |
French | honorés, honorées, honorâmes, honorèrent, honora. (various references) | |
German | geehrt (venerated). (various references) | |
Greek | σεβαστόσ (matronal, matronly, respectable, time honored, time-honoured, venerable, worshipful), από καιρού καθιερωμένοσ (time honored, time-honoured). (various references) | |
Hebrew | עתיק יומין (time honored). (various references) | |
Hungarian | megbecsült (honoured). (various references) | |
Indonesian | terhormat (dear, esteemed, honorable, respected). (various references) | |
Italian | onorare (be honored, be honoured, dignify, do honor to, do honour to, honor, honour, observe, regard, respect). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 貴誌 (your columns, your honored paper, your journal, your magazine, your paper), 貴紙 (your columns, your honored paper, your journal, your magazine, your paper), 厳父 (your honored father), 厳君 (your honored father), 上様 (emperor, honored person, shogun). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きし (bank, banner, coast, emblem, ensign, exposing a corpse in the city, flag, knight, last child, saving from the brink of death, shogi player, shore, sixth of the sexagenary cycle, term of respect in addressing ladies or anothers older sister, your columns, your honored paper, your journal, your magazine, your paper), うえざま (emperor, honored person, shogun), うえさま (emperor, honored person, shogun), げんくん (elder statesman, strict instruction, your honored father), げんぷ (your honored father). (various references) | |
Korean | 명예를 주는 (honoured). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onoredhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | honrado (deserved, dignified, gentle, honest, honorable, honourable, honoured, reputable, respectable, righteous, trustworthy, worshipful, worthy). (various references) | |
Romanian | tradiţional (inveterate, time honored, time-honoured, traditional, traditionally), secular (age-old, ancient, century-old, lay, secular, time honored, time-honoured), onorat (esteemed, honoured, much honored, much honoured, respected, worthy). (various references) | |
Russian | уважаемый (estimable, honoured, reputable, well-thought-of, worshipful), заслуженный (well-earned), почетный (honorary). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | poštovan (reputable, respectable, respected, worshipful). (various references) | |
Spanish | honrado (honest, righteous, upright). (various references) | |
Swedish | hedrad (credited, honoured), ärad (honoured, worthy). (various references) | |
Turkish | onurlu (honorable, honourable, honoured, proud, self-respecting), şerefli (dignified, glorious, honorable, honourable, honoured, proud, reputable). (various references) | |
Turkmen | hormatly (esteemed). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | освячений віками (time honored, time-honoured). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | celeberrimas, celeberrimum, celeberrimus, celebre, celebrem, celebri, celebrior, honorabile, honorabilis, ornata, ornatam, ornati, ornatis, ornato, ornatum, ornatus. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | paiti-zañtô. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 18 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui servat ficum comedet fructus eius et qui custos est domini sui glorificabitur |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Who kepith a fige tree, shal ete the frutis of it; and who kepere is of his lord, shal ben glorified. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 18 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Bisan kinsa nga magabantay sa higuera magakaon sa bunga niana; Ug kadtong magatahud sa iyang agalon pagapasidunggan. |
| Croatian | Tko èuva smokvu, jede od njena ploda, i tko èuva svoga gospodara, poštiva se. |
| Danish | Røgter man et Figentræ, spiser man dets Frugt; den, der vogter sin Herre, æres. |
| Dutch | Die den vijgeboom bewaart, zal zijn vrucht eten; en die zijn heer waarneemt, zal geeerd worden. |
| Finnish | Joka viikunapuuta hoitaa, saa syödä sen hedelmää; ja joka isännästänsä vaarin pitää, se tulee kunniaan. |
| French | Celui qui soigne un figuier en mangera le fruit, Et celui qui garde son maître sera honoré. |
| German | Wer seinen Feigenbaum bewahrt, der ißt Früchte davon; und wer seinen Herrn bewahrt, wird geehrt. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Moun ki pran swen yon pye rezen, se li ki va jwenn rezen pou li manje. Moun ki fè travay mèt li byen, y'a gen respè pou li. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Siapa memelihara pohon, akan makan buahnya. Pelayan akan dihargai bila memanjakan tuannya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Orang yang memeliharakan pokok ara ia itu akan makan buahnya; orang yang menunggui tuannya itu akan mendapat kemuliaan. |
| Italian | Il guardiano di un fico ne mangia i frutti, chi ha cura del suo padrone ne riceverà onori. |
| Maori | ¶ Ko te kaitiaki o te piki, ka kai i ona hua: ka whakahonoretia te tangata e whakaaro ana ki tona rangatira. |
| Norwegian | Den som passer sitt fikentre, får ete dets frukt, og den som tar vare på sin herre, blir æret. |
| Portuguese | O que cuida da figueira comerá do fruto dela; e o que vela pelo seu senhor será honrado. |
| Rumanian | Cine kngrijewte de un smochin va mknca din rodul lui, wi cine-wi pqzewte stqpknul va fi preyuit. - |
| Russian | лФП УФЕТЕЦЕФ УНПЛПЧОЙГХ, ФПФ ВХДЕФ ЕУФШ РМПДЩ ЕЕ; Й ЛФП ВЕТЕЦЕФ ЗПУРПДЙОБ УЧПЕЗП, ФПФ ВХДЕФ Ч ЮЕУФЙ. |
| Spanish | El que cuida de su higuera comerá de su fruto, y el que atiende a su señor logrará honra. |
| Swedish | Den som vårdar sitt fikonträd, han får äta dess frukt; och den som vårdar sig om sin herre, han kommer till ära. |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "honored": dishonored, unhonored. (additional references) | |
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"Honored" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hondred, honered, Honeret, honied, honora, Honorato, honorey, honori, honoris, honoured, honre, honure, Horngren, hun'red, noncore, Ohngren. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "honored" (pronounced Ä"nerd) |
| 4 | Ä" n er d | dishonored. |
| 3 | -n er d | cornered, garnered, mannered, minored, Reynard. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-h-n-o-o-r" | |
-1 letter: dehorn, horned. | |
-2 letters: donor, drone, heron, honed, honer, honor, horde, odeon, oohed, redon, rodeo, rondo. | |
-3 letters: doer, done, door, dore, herd, hern, hero, hoed, hoer, hone, hood, horn, nerd, node, odor, ohed, ordo, redo, rend, rode, rood. | |
-4 letters: den, doe, don, dor, edh, end, eon, ern, hen, her, hod, hoe, hon, nod, noh, noo. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-h-n-o-o-r" | |
+1 letter: honoured. | |
+2 letters: endomorph, harpooned, horehound, rhodonite, unhonored. | |
+3 letters: bondholder, coanchored, dishonored, dishonorer, endomorphs, endomorphy, hoodwinker, horehounds, horrendous, hydrophone, monorhymed, octahedron, parenthood, personhood, polyhedron, radiophone, rhodonites, roundhouse, shoehorned, undershoot. | |
+4 letters: bondholders, dishonorers, endomorphic, endotrophic, hoodwinkers, hydrogenous, hydrophones, icosahedron, monographed, neoorthodox, octahedrons, overholding, oxyhydrogen, parenthoods, personhoods, polyhedrons, radiophones, roundhouses, servanthood, undershoots. | |
+5 letters: adrenochrome, chondriosome, conidiophore, dishonorable, dodecahedron, endochondral, endomorphies, endomorphism, hornswoggled, horrendously, hydroquinone, icosahedrons, neighborhood, neoorthodoxy, philodendron, rhododendron, rhodomontade, rhombohedron, servanthoods, southernwood, spinsterhood. | |
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