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prize


Definition: Meaning of, prize in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / prʌɪz /

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prize prizes
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  1. something that is given to someone who is successful in a competition, race, game of chance etc
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  2. something that is very valuable to you or that it is very important to have
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  3. no prizes for guessing something spoken used to say that it is very easy to guess something
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  1. good enough to win a prize or having won a prize
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  2. very good or important
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  3. prize money money that is given to the person who wins a competition, race etc
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  4. a prize idiot/fool informal a complete idiot, fool etc
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
prize prized prized
Present Participle Third Person Singular
prizing prizes
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  1. to think that someone or something is very important or valuable
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  2. the American spelling of PRISE
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prize used in phrases

  • Booker Prize, the (noun)
    1. the former name of the Man Booker Prize.
  • Man Booker Prize, the (noun)
    1. an important prize given every year for the best novel in English written by a citizen of the UK or the British COMMONWEALTH
  • Nobel prize (noun)
    1. one of the prizes given each year to people who have done important work in various types of activity. There are prizes for special achievements in PHYSICS, chemistry, economics, literature, and peace. The Nobel prizes were established by Alfred Nobel and are given in Sweden. It is a great honour to receive a Nobel prize, and people who have received them are sometimes called Nobel laureates .
  • Pulitzer Prize (noun)
    1. one of the 21 prizes given every year in the US to people who have produced especially good work in JOURNALISM (= writing for newspapers), literature, or music. The prizes were started by the US newspaper owner Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911), and winning a Pulitzer Prize is a great honour.
  • booby prize (noun)
    1. a prize given as a joke to the person who is last in a competition
  • consolation prize (noun)
    1. a prize that is given to someone who has not won a competition
  • door prize (noun)
    1. a prize given to someone who has the winning number on their ticket for a show, dance etc
  • prize day (noun)
    1. British English an occasion at a school, usually once a year, when prizes are given to children who have done well in particular subjects
  • prize money (noun)
    1. any money given as a prize
  • prize ring (noun)
    1. boxing a square ring where boxers fight
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