Nobel prize
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- /ˈnoʊbəl praɪz/
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premio Nobel
- The scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for her groundbreaking research.
- win a Nobel prize
- Nobel prize awarded
And so the Nobel Prize is important in that way.
- And so the Nobel Prize is important in that way.
- So that's where John Nash's Nobel Prize comes into the picture.
- And they won the Nobel Prize in physics for this.
- The answer favoured by the brilliant Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman.
- It has not yet won anyone a Nobel Prize, but maybe it soon will.
- It's got blurbs from doctors and lawyers, from a Nobel Prize winning scientist.
- The other one won the Nobel Prize for Co inventing the transistor.
- This year's Nobel Prizes gave us a taste of this.
- So this is a Nobel Prize result.
- OK, science, Arthur Shallow, Nobel Prize, one of the lasers.
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Tell us what Nobel prizes have been won by Muslims in the Islamic nations?
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And he won the the first Nobel Prize in physics for that discovery.
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And they won the Nobel Prize in physics for this.
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Who do you think gets the Nobel Prize for string theory?
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They won the Nobel Prize in physics.
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Several people have won Nobel Prizes for the work that has turned out to be flawed.
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So that's where John Nash's Nobel Prize comes into the picture.
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The other one won the Nobel Prize for Co inventing the transistor.
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Curie was a physicist and chemist, and the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes.
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The treatment of Mitchell contrasts with that of Nobel prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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A prize given to someone for achievement or excellence
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An important international prize given each year for achievements in fields like peace and science
How Prestigious
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward modifier+noun composition: 'Nobel' (the name/award-granting institution) + 'prize' (a reward), so the meaning of an award given by the Nobel organization is directly inferable from its parts. This construction is cross-linguistically common (e.g. Spanish 'Premio Nobel'), making it immediately comprehensible to a learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The award Nobel prize comes from Alfred Nobel, a Swedish inventor who made dynamite and later left his money to fund prizes. He wanted these prizes 'to reward people who did the most for others', so today the Nobel prize is a yearly international award for great work in science, literature, economics, or peace.