1. It refers to "honor", "glory" and "reputation" in general, and is an uncountable noun; Specifically, it refers to "something or someone that makes you feel honored" or "honor", which is a countable noun, but it is often used in singular form.
such as: to lose honor is more than to lose life.
it is better to lose your reputation (honor) than your life.
2. Used to do sb the honour of doing [to do] sth, the attributive used to modify honor can be infinitive or of doing sth, which means "giving someone face to do something" and "giving someone the honor to do something".
such as: would you do me the honor of dancing with me? Equal to would you do me the honor to dance with me?
can I ask you to dance?
3. Used in honour of, it is equivalent to a compound preposition, which means "to honor", "to commemorate", "to congratulate", "to welcome" and "to entertain".
such as: we had a party in honor of his birthday.
We held a party to celebrate his birthday.
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Synonyms: glory, credit, title
1. glory English? ['gl? r? ] beautiful? ['ɡl? Ri]
n. glory, honor; Spectacular, magnificent; Praise (to God); Very beautiful things
vi. Proud, proud; Pride
[ example] The crowd sang 'land of hope and? Glory' and other patriotic songs.
The crowd sang patriotic songs such as Land of Hope and Glory.
2. Credit English? ['kred? T] beautiful? ['kr? d? T]
n. credit, reputation; Loans; Credits; Trust; Reputation
vt. believe, trust; To attribute to, owe to; Praise
[ Example ]Banks refused more? Credit.
The bank refused to increase the credit limit.
3. title English? ['ta? t(? ) l] beautiful? ['ta? Tl]
n. champion; Title; Title; Rights; Subtitle
vt. Add a title to; Give a title; Calling
adj. champion; Heading;
[ example] this film, under the modern times, has a long, attention-greedy? Title.
This film is an episode of the BBC housekeeping program "Today's Times", which has given bloggers a long title.