Prize - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- something given as a token of victory (syn: trophy)
verb
- regard highly; think much of (syn: esteem, prise, respect, value)
adjective
Extra examples
Dad brought back his prize catch, a three-foot striped bass.
I felt a prize fool for making such a stupid mistake.
Nobel Prize
At school I received several prizes for chemistry.
There is no prize for guessing who will be the next prime Minister.
Freedom is to be prized above riches.
In this month's competition you could win a prize worth £3000.
The first prize has gone to Dr John Gentle.
The prize for best photography has been won by a young Dutch photographer.
Scientists from Oxford shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1945.
The prizes are awarded (=given) every year to students who have shown original thinking in their work.
Fame was the prize.
He has spent months cultivating what he hopes are prize flowers.
The Picasso painting is a prize exhibit in the museum.
He is someone who prizes truth and decency above all things.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: prize
he/she/it: prizes
present participle: prizing
past tense: prized
past participle: prized
singular: prize
plural: prizes
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