prize
IPA: prˈaɪz
noun
- That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
- (military, nautical) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
- An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
- That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
- Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
- (obsolete) A contest for a reward; competition.
- A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
- Obsolete form of price. [The cost required to gain possession of something.]
verb
- To consider highly valuable; to esteem.
- (obsolete) To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
- To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
- (obsolete) To compete in a prizefight.
adjective
- Having won a prize; award-winning.
- First-rate; exceptional.
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Examples of "prize" in Sentences
- The prizes were unshared.
- The applicant won the prize.
- Black was ineligible for the prize.
- The prize was sponsored by the government.
- The prize was adjudicated by the president.
- The prize is awarded by the Ecological Society of America.
- The most prestigious of the Nobel Prizes is the Peace prize.
- The prize is awarded to the winner of a biennial competition.
- There are enough references to substantiate the award of the prize.
- In 1912, he was awarded a prize for his work on opalescence in gases.