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Prize

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Noun

1. award, prize

something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery

Example Sentences:
'the prize was a free trip to Europe'

2. booty, dirty money, loot, pillage, plunder, prize, swag

goods or money obtained illegally

3. prize, trophy

something given as a token of victory

Verb

4. appreciate, prize, treasure, value

hold dear

Example Sentences:
'I prize these old photographs'

5. jimmy, lever, prise, prize, pry

to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

Example Sentences:
'The burglar jimmied the lock'
'Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail'

6. esteem, prise, prize, respect, value

regard highly; think much of

Example Sentences:
'I respect his judgement'
'We prize his creativity'

Adjective

7. choice, prime, prize, quality, select

of superior grade

Example Sentences:
'choice wines'
'prime beef'
'prize carnations'
'quality paper'
'select peaches'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Prize

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noun
1. 
a. 
a reward or honour for victory or for having won a contest, competition, etc
b. 
(as modifier)
prize jockey
prize essay
2. 
something given to the winner of any game of chance, lottery, etc
3. 
something striven for
4. 
any valuable property captured in time of war, esp a vessel
verb
(transitive)
to esteem greatly; value highly
verb, noun
a variant spelling of prise

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Prize

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verb transitiveWord forms: prized or ˈprizing
1.  Obsolete
to set a value upon; price
2. 
to value highly; esteem
noun
3. 
something offered or given to the winner of a contest
4. 
something won in a game of chance, lottery, etc.
5. 
a reward, premium, or the like
6. 
anything worth striving for; any enviable or highly valued possession
7.  Archaic
a contest or match
adjective
8. 
that has received a prize
a prize novel
9. 
worthy of a prize; first-rate
10. 
given as a prize
noun
1.  Obsolete
the act of capturing
2. 
something taken by force; esp., a captured enemy ship and its cargo
3.  Dialectal
a. 
a tool for prying; lever
b. 
leverage
verb transitiveWord forms: prized or ˈprizing
4. 
to pry, as with a lever

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Prize

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n.
1.
a. Something offered or won as an award for superiority or victory, as in a contest or competition.
b. Something offered or won in a lottery or similar game of chance.
2. Something worth striving for; a highly desirable possession.
adj.
1. Offered or given as a prize: a prize cup.
2. Given a prize, or likely to win a prize: a prize cow.
3. Worthy of a prize; first-class: our prize azaleas.
tr.v. prized, priz·ing, priz·es
1. To value highly; esteem or treasure. See Synonyms at appreciate.
2. To estimate the worth of; evaluate.
n.
Something seized by force or taken as booty, especially an enemy ship and its cargo captured at sea during wartime.
tr.v. prized, priz·ing, priz·es also prised or pris·ing or pris·es
To move or force with a lever; pry: prized open the antique chest.
n.
Chiefly Southern US Something used as a lever or for prying.

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