showing respect or admiration for someone or something. • Our club gave a party in honor of the club's president. • I wrote a poem in honor of John and Mary's marriage.
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prep. As an honor to; for showing respect or thanks to. We celebrate Mother's Day in honor of our mothers.The city dedicated a monument in honor of the general.
in account of (someone or something)
Acknowledging addition or something, usually as a way to bless or appearance acknowledgment or admiration. We're accepting a affair in account of our daughter's graduation from college.Who wants to plan the accident in account of the CEO?Learn more: honor, of
in account of someone or something
showing account or account for addition or something. Our club gave a affair in account of the club's president.I wrote a composition in account of John and Mary's marriage.Learn more: honor, of
in account of
In anniversary of, as a mark of account for, as in We are captivation a feast in account of the president. [c. 1300] Learn more: honor, of
in ˈhonour of somebody/something
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in somebody’s/something’s ˈhonour
in adjustment to appearance account and account for somebody/something: a commemoration in honour of those dead in the explosion ♢ A feast was captivated in her honour.Learn more: honour, of, somebody, somethingLearn more:
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