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in honour of

in honour of preposition: celebrating or showing admiration for.

Preposition

in honour of

  1. Celebrating or showing admiration for.

Forms of in honour of

alternative formin honor of

Questions about in honour of

What does in honour of mean?
In honour of means celebrating or showing admiration for.
What part of speech is in honour of?
In honour of is a preposition.

Words near in honour of in the dictionary

  1. in high feather
  2. in high gear
  3. in hindsight
  4. in hock
  5. in honor of
  6. in honour of
  7. in hospital
  8. in hot pursuit
  9. in house
  10. in hysterics
  11. in idea

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