Nobel
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- proper noun
- /ˈnoʊbəl/
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Alfred Nobel
- Why not read an American Nobel Prize winner if you study American literature?
- Alfred Nobel
So Alfred Nobel of Dynamite fame had two older brothers.
- So Alfred Nobel of Dynamite fame had two older brothers.
- Or SGC borgium for Glenn Seaborg or NO Nobelium for Alfred Nobel.
Examples
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He won a Nobel Prize.
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One good friend has won the Nobel Prize; another, equally deserving, has won nothing.
Fiction book (1997) -
And who knows, it may get us a Nobel Prize.
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So I should probably call the Nobel committee and tell them to get our prize ready.
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In fact, he got a Nobel Prize for it in 1909.
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Views differ on the impact of the Nobel Peace Prize on Iran's internal political dynamics.
Academic text (2004) -
In 1927, Compton received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery.
Academic text (1990) -
Well, I'm a two-times Nobel Prize winner, but who's counting?
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Ronald Coase, the 1991 Nobel laureate in economics, called it a work that one contemplates with awe.
Academic text (1992) -
Dr. Fowler, you would be only the fourth woman to win a Nobel Prize in physics.
Synonyms
A Swedish chemist and engineer who made dynamite and started the Nobel Prizes
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 the family name of Alfred Nobel, a Swedish inventor and chemist who made 'dynamite' and became rich. He used his fortune to start prizes in science, literature and peace, so his name is now linked to those awards.