Meaning Of Honorable Mention In English - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of honorable mention in English honorable mentionnoun [ C ] Add to word list Add to word list US spelling of honourable mention Prizes, rewards and medals

• (the/a pot of gold at) the end of the rainbow idiom
• Academy Award
• award
• bemedalled
• blue ribbon
• booby prize
• bronze
• Golden Globe
• gong
• grab bag
• Grammy
• honour
• Oscar
• Palme d'Or
• platinum disc
• prize
• rainbow
• stake
• the golden boot
• the wooden spoon

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Examples of honorable mention

honorable mention He was a first-team all-district selection as a senior after receiving an honorable mention as a junior. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He took home first team all-league and all-area and honorable mention all-state in his senior year. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A 100% tuition free scholarship is given to class valedictorians, 50% for class salutatorians and 25% for first honorable mention students. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was a two-time all-league honorable mention selection in soccer and was named to the all-league first team while also serving as his squads captain. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His junior year, he averaged 18 points and 8 rebounds per game and earned honorable mention all-state and first-team all-conference honors. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As a junior, he was named honorable mention all-state, and as a senior in 2003, was an all-state first-team safety and honorable mention running back. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was a first team all-county pick and honorable mention all area on defense. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At linebacker, he was a first-team all-state selection; at tight end, he was an honorable mention all-state selection. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Depping's work was given honorable mention, but did not win the prize. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Winters earned first team all-state honors from 2006-2007 and all-state honorable mention honors in 2005. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Taylor received honorable mention all-conference as a wide receiver. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Heckendorf lettered in hockey all four years of high school, receiving honorable mention all-state honors once and all-conference honors three times. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He earned honorable mention all-state and first team all-conference his senior year, after completing 95 of 192 attempts (49.5%), 1,366 yards with 12 touchdowns, and 5 interceptions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Baker received honorable mention in the report of the commanding general. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Cain was twice named all-conference and once named honorable mention all-state. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of honorable mention These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of honorable mention?

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