to award a prize

  • 1award a prize — v. give a prize; give an award …

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  • 2award — [n] prize or reward accolade, adjudication, allotment, bestowal, citation, conferment, conferral, decision, decoration, decree, distinction, donation, endowment, feather in cap*, gift, gold, gold star*, grant, honor, order, presentation,… …

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  • 3award — [ə wôrd′] vt. [ME awarden < Anglo Fr awarder < Anglo Norm eswarder < es (< L ex) + Gmc * wardon: see WARN] 1. to give by the decision of a law court or arbitrator [the plaintiff was awarded damages] 2. to give as the result of judging …

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  • 4award — vb *grant, accord, vouchsafe, concede Analogous words: bestow, confer, present, *give: assign, *allot, apportion, allocate: adjudicate, adjudge, *judge, arbitrate award n prize, *premium …

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  • 5Prize — For other uses, see Prize (disambiguation). A prize is an award to be given to a person or a group of people to recognise and reward actions or achievements.[1] Official prizes often involve monetary rewards as well as the fame that comes with… …

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  • 6award — I n. 1) to grant, make, present an award 2) to receive an award 3) an award for II v. 1) (A) the judges awarded the prize to her; or: the judges awarded her the prize 2) (D; tr.) to award for (to award a prize for research) * * * [ə wɔːd] make or …

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  • 7Prize of the Ecumenical Jury — Infobox award name = Prize of the Ecumenical Jury current awards = imagesize = 100px caption = Logo of the Jury œcuménique description = honours works of quality which touch the spiritual dimension of our existencecite… …

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  • 8prize — 1. noun 1) an art prize Syn: award, reward, premium, purse; trophy, medal; honor, accolade, crown, laurels, palm 2) (prizes) the prizes of war Syn …

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  • 9prize — Synonyms and related words: Academy Award, Nobel Prize, Oscar, accolade, accord respect to, admire, adore, aim, ambition, apotheosize, appraise, appreciate, apprize, arch, ascribe importance to, assay, assess, award, bar, barrow, beam, best,… …

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  • 10prize — prize1 [ praız ] noun count *** 1. ) a reward you get for being successful in a sport, competition, or game, or for being better than others at something. Someone who has won a prize is called a prize winner: the Nobel Prize for chemistry… …

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