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Meaning of "honour-bound" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HONOUR-BOUND

honour-bound  [ˌɒnəˈbaʊnd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HONOUR-BOUND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Honour-Bound is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HONOUR-BOUND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of honour-bound in the English dictionary

The definition of honour-bound in the dictionary is to be honour-bound to do sth to be morally obliged to do sth.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HONOUR-BOUND


abound
əˈbaʊnd
bound
baʊnd
disbound
dɪsˈbaʊnd
earthbound
ˈɜːθˌbaʊnd
eastbound
ˈiːstˌbaʊnd
embound
ɪmˈbaʊnd
homebound
ˈhəʊmˈbaʊnd
inbound
ˈɪnˌbaʊnd
northbound
ˈnɔːθˌbaʊnd
outbound
ˈaʊtˌbaʊnd
overabound
ˌəʊvərəˈbaʊnd
overbound
ˌəʊvəˈbaʊnd
paperbound
ˈpeɪpəˌbaʊnd
rebound
rɪˈbaʊnd
southbound
ˈsaʊθˌbaʊnd
spellbound
ˈspɛlˌbaʊnd
superabound
ˌsuːpərəˈbaʊnd
unbound
ʌnˈbaʊnd
upbound
ʌpˈbaʊnd
westbound
ˈwɛstˌbaʊnd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HONOUR-BOUND

honour
honour bright
honour guard
honour killing
Honour Moderations
honour school
honourability
honourable
honourable discharge
honourable mention
honourableness
honourably
honoured
honourer
honourless
honours
honours course
honours degree
honours list
honours of war

WORDS THAT END LIKE HONOUR-BOUND

casebound
clothbound
desk-bound
duty-bound
fogbound
hardbound
hidebound
homeward bound
housebound
icebound
I´ll be bound
ironbound
leatherbound
muscle-bound
on the rebound
rock-bound
snowbound
soft-bound
stormbound
to the ground
wheelchair-bound

Synonyms and antonyms of honour-bound in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «honour-bound» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HONOUR-BOUND

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

Translator English - Chinese

荣誉绑定
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

- Honor Bound
570 millions of speakers

English

honour-bound
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सम्मान बाध्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

- شرف ملزمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чести границу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

honra -bound
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সম্মান স্কুল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tenu par l´honneur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penghormatan sekolah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ehre verpflichtet
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

名誉バウンド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

명예 바인딩
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sekolah honor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tôn vinh - ràng buộc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மரியாதை பள்ளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सन्मान शाळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Onur okulu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

onore - bound
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

związany honorem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

честі кордон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- onoare legat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τιμή εξώφυλλο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eer - gebonde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heders bunden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ære - bundet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of honour-bound

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HONOUR-BOUND»

The term «honour-bound» is normally little used and occupies the 132.902 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HONOUR-BOUND» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «honour-bound» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «honour-bound» 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 honour-bound

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HONOUR-BOUND»

Discover the use of honour-bound in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to honour-bound and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
In Honour Bound
Barney Crispin, a Captain in the SAS, is a tough as they come.
Gerald Seymour, 1984
2
Honor Bound: My Journey to Hell and Back with Amanda Knox
Raffaele sifts through the wild accusations depicting him as a druggie, a porn addict, and reckless thrill seeker, and shows how these stories were gross distortions of trivial episodes in his young life.
Raffaele Sollecito, Andrew Gumbel, 2012
3
By Honour Bound
Fleeing from an imposed and wholely unwanted marriage to Simon Pontefact, Ann Fairleigh moves to Lyme Regis, where she falls in love with Mortimer Vane, a dashing soldier just back from the Peninsular Wars
Valerie Gray, 1990
4
Honour-Bound Groom / Cinderella & the CEO (Mills & Boon ...
Honour-Bound Groom Alexander Del Castillo was betrothed from childhood – his future held a wife not of his own choosing.
Yvonne Lindsay, Maureen Child, 2011
5
Honour Bound
It's clear to her that he is unafraid and completely intent on doing her harm like he had his three other victims.Honour Bound, a romance/action novel, is set in the fictional city of Port Divine on the east coast of Australia.
Tanya McKechnie, 2010
6
Dante's Honour-Bound Husband (Mills & Boon Desire)
The heat shared between Constantine Romano and Gianna Dante would not be ignored even though Constantine left nearly two years ago!
Day Leclaire, 2012
7
Honour Bound: Onion Lake and the Spirit of Treaty Six : the ...
Onion Lake and the Spirit of Treaty Six : the International Validity of Treaties with Indigenous Peoples. Treaty promises and Treaty commitments. The Indigenous Peoples agreed to share the lands and to live in peace with the non-indigenous ...
‎1997
8
In Honour Bound [A Novel ]
Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past.
Charles Gibbon, 2011
9
In Honour Bound
This is a penetrating and gripping study of a man who had everything except the ability to grub in the squalid backyard of the 1950s; a study of the damage a man does to himself and to others in the struggle to adapt himself to a post-war, ...
Nina Bawden, 2012
10
Blush Duo/Husband Under Construction/Honour Bound
Husband Under Construction by Karen Templeton When her life went topsy-turvy, Roxie Ducharme sought temporary refuge in the small New Mexico town she'd left years before.
Karen Templeton, Julianna Morris, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HONOUR-BOUND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term honour-bound is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Aristocrat wins appeal over allegedly defamatory newspaper article
“The majority of people are likely to feel that an executor is honour-bound to carry out the testamentary wishes of the deceased, and that failing ... «Scottish Legal News, Jul 15»
2
Pretoria's stars shine bright in the first episode of Idols SA season 11
Thereafter, several contestants felt honour-bound to challenge Mhlongo to a dance-off, which amused the new judge, but finally a contestant ... «Media Update, Jul 15»
3
Infinithéâtre's The Unit is looking for a few good playwrights
A crack team of fighters, led by a seen-it-all veteran, honour-bound to advance the integrity of the homeland at all costs. I seem to have ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
4
Greek referendum: A yes vote would be messy, a no even messier
The creditors, one assumes, would be honour-bound to offer the same terms as those that were on the table last week. But the add-on, Greeks ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jun 15»
5
When bad ideas make great videos for all the wrong reasons
... going on in front of you, even when the driver behind you has just given him a full belt of their horn and you feel honour-bound to respond. «Yahoo7 News, Jun 15»
6
Nostalgia trip: three takes on the theme of knives
... Catholic and as a gentleman, and one who - like Waugh himself - was a little too old to sign up for military duty but felt honour-bound to do so. «South China Morning Post, Jun 15»
7
Addiction and Adultery in the City
'I mean, what are we - Europeans or some shit?' cries Jackie, the hot-headed, recently-out-of-prison, honour-bound, macho-man central ... «FelixOnline, Jun 15»
8
Elizabeth McIntosh,: Journalist who became an agent for the Office …
Japanese soldiers were known to be honour-bound to fight to the death, and McIntosh played a role in falsifying instructions designed to induce ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
9
CommentOpening Quote: Pets, hips, and women
Pets at Home is probably the only quoted business that feels honour-bound to list the critters owned by directors in some official documents. «Financial Times, Jun 15»
10
I don't see myself as a girl, or a boy – just Kirsty
We're not honour-bound to one another, we spend quality time together because we just really like to. Why, all of a sudden, is the fact that I ... «shropshirestar.com, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Honour-Bound [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/honour-bound>. Apr 2024 ».
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