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prize (prīz)

transitive verb prized, prizing priz′·ing

  1. Obsolete to set a value upon; price
  2. to value highly; esteem

Etymology: ME pris: see price

noun

  1. something offered or given to the winner of a contest
  2. something won in a game of chance, lottery, etc.
  3. a reward, premium, or the like
  4. anything worth striving for; any enviable or highly valued possession
  5. Archaic a contest or match

adjective

  1. that has received a prize a prize novel
  2. worthy of a prize; first-rate
  3. given as a prize
prize2 definition

prize (prīz)

noun

  1. Obsolete the act of capturing
  2. something taken by force; esp., a captured enemy ship and its cargo
  3. Dialectal
    1. a tool for prying; lever
    2. leverage

Etymology: ME prise, a taking hold < OFr, a taking < fem. pp. of prendre, to take < L prehendere: see prehensile

transitive verb prized, prizing priz′·ing

to pry, as with a lever

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prize Synonyms

prize

n.

reward, award, honor, premium, accolade, medal, decoration, laurel, trophy, palm, crown, garland, cup, blue ribbon, citation, scholarship, fellowship, inducement, carrot, advantage, privilege, winnings, jackpot, purse, windfall, bounty, bonus, spoils, booty, plunder, loot, recompense, feather in one's cap, title, championship, first place, mark of honor, treasure, gem, meed, guerdon, payoff*, gravy*, plum*, haul*, take*; see also booty.

prize applies to something won in competition or, often, in a lottery or game of chance she won first prize in the golf tournament; award implies a decision by judges but does not connote overt competition we received an award for the best news story of the year; reward usually refers to something given in recompense for a good deed or for merit a reward was offered for the return of the lost briefcase; premium, in this connection, applies to a reward offered as an inducement to greater effort or production to pay a premium for advance delivery


prize

v.

value, esteem, cherish; see appreciate 2, like 1, 2. See syn. study at appreciate.


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prize Usage Examples

Object

  • prise: Big Prizes A top prize for each of the Top 3 players.

Subject

  • collector: Complete examples in good original condition are the most highly prized by collectors.

Adjective complement

  • open: First Lee Steele was allowed the freedom of SE7 to make hay on the left as the Addicks were prized open with ease.

Modifying Another Word

  • highly: Our raucous musical evenings are highly prized by the hard of hearing.

Preposition: for

  • century: Prized for centuries by woodwind instrument makers for its tone.

Preposition: by

  • collector: Complete examples in good original condition are the most highly prized by collectors.
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prize quotes

I know one thing we did right Was the day we started to fight, Keep your eye on the prize, Hold on, hold on!

-Anonymous

   Know ye not thatthey whichrun ina racerun all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

-Bible (NewTestament)

Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

-Bible (NewTestament)

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