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🎀 Decorated with ribbons 🏅 Given a prize ribbon
to ribboned

to ribboned

4.6
To receive a small cloth band as a prize in a show or competition
  • verb
  • /ˈrɪbənd/
translation icon : premiado con cinta
  • The dog was proudly ribboned after winning first place in the agility competition.

Examples

  • Her painting was ribboned at the local art show for its creativity.

  • Several students were ribboned for their outstanding science projects.

  • The winner was ribboned at the annual fair.

  • She was ribboned for her outstanding performance in the competition.

  • Her painting was ribboned at the local art show for its creativity.

  • Several students were ribboned for their outstanding science projects.

  • The dog was proudly ribboned after winning first place in the agility competition.

Synonyms

beribboned
vsto ribboned
1 6.5

An item like a hat or gift that has ribbons on it to look nicer

is about receiving a narrow cloth strip as an award

Surface Forms

ribbon infinitive
ribboned past
ribboned past participle
ribboning present participle
ribbons third person singular

Morphology

ribboned = ribbon (transparent) = ribbon + ed

The past-participial/regular past '-ed' on the verb 'ribbon' yields the form meaning 'was awarded a ribbon', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Ribboned comes from ribbon, the 'long, narrow strip of cloth' often given as a prize at fairs and shows. Winners are given a ribbon to wear or pin on their work, so to be 'ribboned' is to be 'awarded a ribbon' as a prize.