Nobel
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- noun
- /ˈnoʊbəl/
- Informal
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Premio Nobel
- They won the Nobel Prize in physics.
And often, against many odds, Malala won the Nobel Peace Prize today.
- And often, against many odds, Malala won the Nobel Peace Prize today.
- I mean, she's only the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
- The only thing that might save us is if John Kerry wins the Nobel Peace Prize and leaves us behind.
- It came out called Ghost Fleet, which is a profile of a Thai labor activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee named Petima Tungpuchayakul.
- It's got blurbs from doctors and lawyers, from a Nobel Prize winning scientist.
- I mean, he wins a Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating a peace between Russia and Japan, which like I didn't really know about.
- Sasuma has a Nobel for his work on immunoglobulins, but then is a world class memory researcher and more.
- As a final report, the project said there wasn't a Nobel laureate, there wasn't a Pulitzer Prize.
Examples
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And often, against many odds, Malala won the Nobel Peace Prize today.
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I think we should put him up for the nobel prize.
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You would have thought that I won a Nobel Peace Prize.
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Yeah, go get your Nobel Prize for question asking.
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Because as far as I am concerned, you should have gotten a nobel prize a long, long time ago.
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The only thing that might save us is if John Kerry wins the Nobel Peace Prize and leaves us behind.
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I mean, she's only the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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He said, I have nominated you or respectfully, on behalf of Japan, I am asking them to give you the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Ah, head of your class at johns hopkins, associate professor at dartmouth, full professor at harvard, winner of the nobel prize, and now the head of the most prestigious psychiatric institute on the west coast.
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Many activists believe they will win a Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to promote world peace.
Synonyms
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A prize given to someone for achievement or excellence
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A top American award given every year for journalism, books, or music
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A famous American award given each year for very good journalism, books or music
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The top award given to the winner in a competition
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An annual international award for important work in science, literature, economics, or peace
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Of very high quality and often the best in a contest
Compounds
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An annual international award for important work in science, literature, economics, or peace
- Informal
A tendency for very successful people to become overconfident and support unusual controversial ideas after fame
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nobel is an informal name for a Nobel Prize and comes from the person Alfred Nobel, who left his money to create these awards. So when people say a 'Nobel' they mean a very famous prize given for big achievements.