/ˈɒnɪst/
Translation
Always telling the truth and not stealing or cheating.
Word origin
From Latin honestus, meaning worthy of respect, through Old French honeste.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- honestus
Examples
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Here "honest" means truthful and fair.
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"Honest" describes an answer that is true.
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Here "honest" means telling the truth, even when it is hard.
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Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Nominalisation in English: arrive becomes arrival, decide becomes decision, and why written English turns actions into things
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
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Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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