Prize Praɪz Awarded Peace Won Noun Nobel Woodwind

• she was awarded the nobel peace prize.
• he won first prize in the woodwind section.
• the prize went to the grey long-haired cat.
• she has received numerous prizes for her work.

prize

1. an award that is given to a person who wins a competition, race, etc. or who does very good work
• SEE ALSO booby prize
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• She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
• He won first prize in the woodwind section.
• The prize went to the grey long-haired cat.
• She has received numerous prizes for her work.
• There are no prizes for guessing (= it is very easy to guess) who she was with.
• a cash prize of $5 000
• The grand prize is a family trip to Hawaii.
• His film took the top prize at Cannes last year.
• I won £500 in prize money.
• a prize fund of £20 000
• Win a car in our prize draw!

Extra Examples

• She was the first woman to win this coveted prize.
• The booby prize was awarded to the worst singer in the competition.
• The prize was presented by the mayor.
• a prize worth over $3 000
• prizes in chemistry, physics and medicine
• They said the teenager was a worthy winner of the prize.
2. something very important or valuable that is difficult to achieve or obtain
• World peace is the greatest prize of all.
• The presidency is the ultimate prize.

Word Origin

• Middle English: the noun, a variant of price; the verb (originally in the sense ‘estimate the value of’) from Old French pris-, stem of preisier ‘to praise, appraise’, from late Latin pretiare, from Latin pretium ‘price’.