prize
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9.1
- noun
- /praɪz/
- Archaic
- A number of students demonstrated the inventions that had won them prizes at various expositions in Shanghai.
- prize money
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Watch on YouTubeAnd as we've seen in this war, Ukraine is a major prize.
- And as we've seen in this war, Ukraine is a major prize.
- Still, straightening out the San Mihail salient was in itself a pretty big prize.
- Now, although both sides framed their claims on the region in nationalist terms, the real prize was old fashioned territory and resources.
- So we need a war related prize and Kevin and Lizzie are the best prize figure outer people that that are that we have.
Examples
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Here, millions of pesos change hands as prize animals are paraded, judged, and sold.
Academic text (1996) -
Diverse groups collide in a battle to attain the prizes of territory, identity, security, and respect.
Academic text (2003) -
And it's one more war prize for the Captain.
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My master, now that the Mother Boxes have been destroyed, how will you retrieve your great prize?
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The prize, a grove of nut trees in the center of Freddy's land.
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The 1967 war resulted in the wholly unexpected prize of a united Jerusalem.
Academic text (1996) -
A prize of war?
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Prize capture was a tanker laden with two and a half thousand gallons of petrol.
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The army seized valuable prizes from the defeated enemy's ship.
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During the conflict, many prizes were taken, including gold and silver artifacts.
Synonyms
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4.4
Things stolen from shops during chaos
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7.8
Valuable things taken by force, often during war
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7.7
Valuable things or money taken illegally, often during a raid
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5.5
Things taken by force during war or robbery
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9.4
Valuable things that thieves take
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7.9
Things taken by force during war or riots
Idioms
Compounds
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2.8
An annual international award for important work in science, literature, economics, or peace
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3.7
A famous American award given each year for very good journalism, books or music
Surface Forms
Etymology
Prize once meant a thing 'taken' in war or by pirates, coming from an old French word meaning 'take'. That's why a prize can mean goods or loot taken from an enemy.