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honorable mentions

honorable mentions is the plural of honorable mention.

Meaning of honorable mention

Noun

honorable mention (plural honorable mentions)

  1. (idiomatic) A formal recognition given to a work or candidate of high merit that falls below the level of the main prizes or top honors in a competition, examination or award process.
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Questions about honorable mentions

What is honorable mentions the plural of?
Honorable mentions is the plural of honorable mention.

Words near honorable mentions in the dictionary

  1. Honorable Colonel
  2. Honorable Colonels
  3. honorable discharge
  4. honorable discharges
  5. honorable mention
  6. honorable mentions
  7. honorableness
  8. honorables
  9. honorably
  10. honorably discharged
  11. honorance

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