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Prize Won Praɪz Awarded Nobel Peace Woodwind Section

Word prize
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / praɪz / NAmE / praɪz /
Example
  • she was awarded the nobel peace prize.
  • he won first prize in the woodwind section.
  • there are no prizes for guessing (= it is very easy to guess) who she was with.
  • i won £500 in prize money.
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prize

(noun)BrE / praɪz / NAmE / praɪz /
  1. an award that is given to a person who wins a competition, race, etc. or who does very good work
    • see also consolation prize
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/consolation-prize
    • She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
    • He won first prize in the woodwind section.
    • There are no prizes for guessing (= it is very easy to guess) who she was with.
    • I won £500 in prize money.
    • Win a car in our grand prize draw!
  2. something very important or valuable that is difficult to achieve or obtain
    • World peace is the greatest prize of all.

    Extra Examples

    • He strove for the glittering prizes of politics.
    • He won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
    • She was the first woman to win this coveted prize.
    • The booby prize was awarded to the worst singer in the competition.
    • The presidency is the ultimate prize.
    • The prize was presented by the mayor.
    • The prize went to the grey long-haired cat.
    • a prize worth over $3 000
    • prizes in chemistry, physics and medicine
    • He took first prize in the woodwind section.
    • I won £500 in prize money.
    • She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
    • The 250 runners-up will get a consolation prize of a T-shirt.
    • There are no prizes for guessing who she was with.
    • Win a car in our grand prize draw!

    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’.
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