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The partnership over the 28 years we had the company afforded him the opportunity to experiment and live his life as an artist and a label honcho and do what he wanted to do. It afforded me the same opportunity.
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Meaning of "honcho" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HONCHO

From Japanese han'chō group leader.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HONCHO

honcho  [ˈhɒntʃəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HONCHO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Honcho is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb honcho in English.

WHAT DOES HONCHO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of honcho in the English dictionary

The definition of honcho in the dictionary is the person in charge; the boss. Other definition of honcho is to supervise or be in charge of.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HONCHO

PRESENT

Present
I honcho
you honcho
he/she/it honchoes
we honcho
you honcho
they honcho
Present continuous
I am honchoing
you are honchoing
he/she/it is honchoing
we are honchoing
you are honchoing
they are honchoing
Present perfect
I have honchoed
you have honchoed
he/she/it has honchoed
we have honchoed
you have honchoed
they have honchoed
Present perfect continuous
I have been honchoing
you have been honchoing
he/she/it has been honchoing
we have been honchoing
you have been honchoing
they have been honchoing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I honchoed
you honchoed
he/she/it honchoed
we honchoed
you honchoed
they honchoed
Past continuous
I was honchoing
you were honchoing
he/she/it was honchoing
we were honchoing
you were honchoing
they were honchoing
Past perfect
I had honchoed
you had honchoed
he/she/it had honchoed
we had honchoed
you had honchoed
they had honchoed
Past perfect continuous
I had been honchoing
you had been honchoing
he/she/it had been honchoing
we had been honchoing
you had been honchoing
they had been honchoing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will honcho
you will honcho
he/she/it will honcho
we will honcho
you will honcho
they will honcho
Future continuous
I will be honchoing
you will be honchoing
he/she/it will be honchoing
we will be honchoing
you will be honchoing
they will be honchoing
Future perfect
I will have honchoed
you will have honchoed
he/she/it will have honchoed
we will have honchoed
you will have honchoed
they will have honchoed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been honchoing
you will have been honchoing
he/she/it will have been honchoing
we will have been honchoing
you will have been honchoing
they will have been honchoing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would honcho
you would honcho
he/she/it would honcho
we would honcho
you would honcho
they would honcho
Conditional continuous
I would be honchoing
you would be honchoing
he/she/it would be honchoing
we would be honchoing
you would be honchoing
they would be honchoing
Conditional perfect
I would have honcho
you would have honcho
he/she/it would have honcho
we would have honcho
you would have honcho
they would have honcho
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been honchoing
you would have been honchoing
he/she/it would have been honchoing
we would have been honchoing
you would have been honchoing
they would have been honchoing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you honcho
we let´s honcho
you honcho
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to honcho
Past participle
honchoed
Present Participle
honchoing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HONCHO


ancho
ˈæntʃəʊ
bocaccio
bəˈkætʃəʊ
calimocho
ˌkælɪˈməʊtʃəʊ
Chaochow
ˈtʃaʊˈtʃəʊ
Chaozhou
ˈtʃaʊˈtʃəʊ
concho
ˈkɒntʃəʊ
gaucho
ˈɡaʊtʃəʊ
gazpacho
ɡəzˈpɑːtʃəʊ
macho
ˈmætʃəʊ
malicho
ˈmælɪtʃəʊ
muchacho
muːˈtʃɑːtʃəʊ
mucho
ˈmʊtʃəʊ
nacho
ˈnɑːtʃəʊ
pasticcio
pæˈstɪtʃəʊ
picacho
pɪˈkɑːtʃəʊ
poncho
ˈpɒntʃəʊ
quebracho
keɪˈbrɑːtʃəʊ
rancho
ˈrɑːntʃəʊ
sancho
ˈsæntʃəʊ
supermacho
ˌsuːpərˈmætʃəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HONCHO

hon.
Hon. Sec.
honan
Hond.
honda
hondle
Hondo
Honduran
Honduras
hone
Honecker
honed
Honegger
honer
honest
honest broker
honest Injun
honest to God
honest-to-God
honesties

WORDS THAT END LIKE HONCHO

Accho
Ayacucho
brocho
echo
huaracho
Jericho
pre-echo
psycho
re-echo
rose of Jericho
Stilicho
subecho
tape echo
Tycho
unmacho

Synonyms and antonyms of honcho in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «honcho» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HONCHO

Find out the translation of honcho to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of honcho from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «honcho» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

本町
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mandamás
570 millions of speakers

English

honcho
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

honcho
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

honcho
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

босс
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chefão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হোনান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grand manitou
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Honan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Boss
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ボス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Honan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

honcho
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

honan
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

होनान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Honan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

honcho
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szycha
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бос
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

honcho
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

honcho
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

honcho
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

honcho
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

honcho
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of honcho

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HONCHO»

The term «honcho» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.061 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HONCHO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «honcho» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «honcho» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about honcho

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QUOTES WITH «HONCHO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word honcho.
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Jerry Moss
The partnership over the 28 years we had the company afforded him the opportunity to experiment and live his life as an artist and a label honcho and do what he wanted to do. It afforded me the same opportunity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HONCHO»

Discover the use of honcho in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to honcho and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Japan Encyclopedia
Honcho nijushi-fuko. "The Twenty-Four Examples of Filial Piety," a famous collection of Confucian tales based on the Chinese text Ershisi Xiao, written by Ihara Saikaku in 1686. • Honcho nijushiko. Kabuki play in five acts, in the jidai- mono ...
Louis Fr?d?ric, Louis-Frédéric, 2002
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Pleading in the Blood: The Art and Performances of Ron Athey
7oe72. i, 'Dissections: Sex Work Part 2: Show and Tell', Honcho (May 1997), PP- 7072i, 'Dissections: Flirting with the Far Right', Honcho (june 1997), PR 77779i, ' Dissections: Mexico City: Los Chicos', Honcho (july 1997), pp. 63e6 5. i ...
Dominic Johnson, 2013
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Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to ...
LITERARY ESSENCE OF OUR COUNTRY (HONCHO MONZUI, MID-ELEVENTH CENTURY) The Literary Essence of Our Country is an anthology of Chinese prose and poetry by Japanese writers. It was edited by Fujiwara no Akihira ...
Haruo Shirane, 2013
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Handbook of Information
35); Yamaguchi (Ota-machi) ; Goto (Benten-dori); Yama- moto (Honcho-dori); Hatanaka (Hanazaki-cho) ; Sugawa (Honcho); Ishibashi (Hagoromo-cho) ; Mizushima (Honcho); Ebisu Shoten (No. 16); Furukawa (No. 185); Narita (No.
Nihon Yūsen Kabushiki Kaisha, 1904
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the great ghost chase
HONCHO: Where's that? DR. ROY: On the first landing. At the head of the stairs. HONCHO: (Military manner.) Cadet Peggy. PEGGY: (Salutes.) Sir. HONCHO: The linen closet. On the double. PEGGY: Yes sir. (PEGGY spins around and darts ...
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Ghostchasers
ALL: Honcho! Honcho! (GENERAL LIGHTING RESUMES, and HONCHO is seen in front of the sofa, wrestling with the jar, trying to get the lid on tight. HONCHO drops to his knees, he rolls over, grunting and groaning. Others stare in morbid ...
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A History of Japanese Literature: From the Man'yōshū to ...
A notable example is the collection Honcho monzui (The Japanese Literaiy Choice) compiled in the mid-eleventh century by Fujiwara no Akihira (989-1066). This work was modelled on !ire Chinese Tang-wen-cui (The Tang Literary Choice ) of ...
Shūichi Katō, Don Sanderson, 1997
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Handbook of Information for Passengers and Shippers by the ...
ENAMELS (cloisonne & cloisonless) Musashi-ya (Honcho-dori) ; Goto (Uchida- cho) ; Kavva- no (No. 31 Honcho-dori); Ito (No. 57 Honcho); Komiya (No 9 Honcho) ; Kano (Honcho) ; Sato (Sakai-cho) ; etc. LACQUER WARE Kato (No.
Nihon Yūsen Kabushiki Kaisha, 1904
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Heian Japan: Centers and Peripheries
Honcho koso den. In DNBZ, vol. 103. Tokyo: Bussho Kankokai, 1912-1922. Honcho monzui. In Kokushi taikei, vol. 29, pt. 2. Tokyo: Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 1964. See also Honcho monzui chushaku. 2 vols. Kakimura Shigematsu, ed. Tokyo: ...
Mikael S. Adolphson, Edward Kamens, Stacie Matsumoto, 2007
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Pesticide Formulations and Application Systems
SAEO HLB 8 spread three times more with Roundup® (formulation contains MON-0818) than with Honcho® (formulation contains no surfactant) on barley and green foxtail leaves. Thus, the increased spreading with Roundup® was due to the ...
Michael J. Hopkinson, Herbert M. Collins, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HONCHO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term honcho is used in the context of the following news items.
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Accounting Scandal Takes Down Toshiba's Head Honcho
According to Reuters, investigators are scrutinizing top officials who may have contributed to accounting irregularities and financial ... «Compliance Week, Jul 15»
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People Just Doing Nothing, TV review: BBC3 comedy will make you …
Now it's arrived on BBC Three in a blaze of the 90s sportswear favoured by the station's “talent”: head honcho Grindah (Allan Mustafa) and ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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BOE: Getting Ready to Hike Interest Rates? - FXstreet.com
Aside from BOE head honcho Carney, MPC members Ian McCafferty and Martin Weale also seem to be donning their hawkish feathers as well. «FXStreet, Jul 15»
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Hillary Clinton Becomes First 2016 Candidate To Release Bundler …
... J.B.Pritzker and M.K. Pritzker; Hollywood honcho and Israel booster Haim Saban; trial lawyer and medical marijuana proponent John Morgan ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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County gets moving on traffic | Miami Herald Miami Herald
TRAFFIC HONCHO: Miami-Dade County's new transit director Alice Bravo officially takes over July 20. | MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
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Holly Madison Dragged Through The Mud By Former Playmate …
... lived with Holly in the famed estate for two years, and says she had a strong obsession with the pornographic publication's head honcho:. «PerezHilton.com, Jul 15»
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Expect Marvel to deliver the unexpected - Star Phoenix
And then the Ant-Man offer came along when Marvel's head honcho Kevin Feige asked Douglas if he'd like to play the pivotal character of Dr. «Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Jul 15»
8
Intro Snags Elizabeth's Aaron Martinez Next; Stephen Gillanders is …
The next Intro chef was announced by Lettuce Entertain You head honcho Rich Melman last night at a media dinner in the company's test ... «Eater, Jul 15»
9
WWE Rumors: UFC Fighter Teased For 'WrestleMania 32 …
Ronda Rousey and Stephanie McMahon met up at the ESPYs this evening, and the WWE head honcho teased a WrestleMania 32 fight. It's still ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
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Deloitte report calms the nerves of KKR's Bis lenders | afr.com
... commodity price assumptions and reporting systems put together by new Bis head honcho Brad Rogers, and the contracts the business has ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»

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