honoring

verb

USAH-ner-ing/ˈɑ.nəɹ.ɪŋ/SayON-uh-ringUK/ˈɒn.əɹ.ɪŋ/AUS/ˈɔn.əɹ.ɪŋ/

1 meaning of honoring

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verb
Present participle and gerund of honor.
The university is honoring its longtime volunteers at a banquet next week.
Honoring the terms of the contract meant paying the full amount on time.
Note
Two jobs share this one -ing form. After a form of be it is the verb in progress (the university is honoring its volunteers); at the head of a phrase it works as a noun (honoring the terms meant paying). Either way it stays transitive and takes a direct object, as in honoring a promise or honoring a check, whereas the noun honor needs a preposition. The -or spelling is the American one; elsewhere the word is spelled honouring.

honoring is a form of honor

honor, verb: To show respect or recognition for someone or something, especially publicly or by giving an award, privilege, or distinction. Full entry

Forms: honorhonors he/she/ithonoring -ing formhonored past tense, past participle
Spelling: honor → honoring: add -ing

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