Prize
noun
Something given to someone for winning a competition.
She won a prize for her artistic ability.
Often appears as...
- win a prize
- prize money
verb
To think something or someone is important and worth caring for.
She prizes her family above everything else.
Often appears as...
- prize something above
- prize possession
adjective
Exceptionally high quality in something.
They have a prize-winning formula for success.
Often appears as...
- prize-winning
- prize example
noun
Something given to someone for winning a competition.
She won a prize for her artistic ability.
Often appears as...
- win a prize
- prize money
verb
To think something or someone is important and worth caring for.
She prizes her family above everything else.
Often appears as...
- prize something above
- prize possession
adjective
Exceptionally high quality in something.
They have a prize-winning formula for success.
Often appears as...
- prize-winning
- prize example
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Recognition Context
Use 'prize' to reference a tangible or symbolic reward for an achievement or win.
The prize for the poetry contest is a published book.
Pro Tip 2/3Competitive Success
'Prize' implies success in a competitive setting, often against others.
After the race, the first-place runner received a cash prize.
Pro Tip 3/3Motivational Tool
'Prize' can indicate an incentive used to motivate people to take part in an event.
The company offered a car as a prize to the best salesperson.
Pro Tip 1/3Recognition Context
Use 'prize' to reference a tangible or symbolic reward for an achievement or win.
The prize for the poetry contest is a published book.
Pro Tip 2/3Competitive Success
'Prize' implies success in a competitive setting, often against others.
After the race, the first-place runner received a cash prize.
Pro Tip 3/3Motivational Tool
'Prize' can indicate an incentive used to motivate people to take part in an event.
The company offered a car as a prize to the best salesperson.
Pro Tip 1/3Recognition Context
Use 'prize' to reference a tangible or symbolic reward for an achievement or win.
The prize for the poetry contest is a published book.
Pro Tip 2/3Competitive Success
'Prize' implies success in a competitive setting, often against others.
After the race, the first-place runner received a cash prize.
Pro Tip 3/3Motivational Tool
'Prize' can indicate an incentive used to motivate people to take part in an event.
The company offered a car as a prize to the best salesperson.
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Video examples
Peter Diamandis: Taking...
So, we have actually -- are looking to turn the X PRIZE into a world-class prize institute. This is what happens when you put up a prize, when you announce it and teams start to begin doing trials. You get publicity increase, and when it's won, publicity shoots through the roof -- if it's properly managed --
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The big impact of small...
innovation prize we run it in partnership with National Geographic the world's largest educational charity and that prize which is designed like innovation prizes to do is to compress the acceleration of development to commercial attea wave and tidal power
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How does the Nobel Peace...
in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. These prizes illustrated his lifelong commitment to sciences and his passion for literature. But what about peace? Because Nobel's name was tied to inventions used in the war industry,
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2016 Breakthrough Junior...
first breakthrough junior challenge prize make a video about science I loved science and I've made videos my whole life it was the perfect thing for me to do I learned a lot by looking at all the finalists videos Ryan talked about
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Orca's Extraordinary...
prize back to her family in the safety of the deep the first walker in the world to master this high-risk feeding strategy she is passing this vital knowledge onto her young so they too can ride the rise and fall of the oceans
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The myth of Icarus and...
to fall in love with the king's prized bull. Under this spell, she asked Daedalus to help her seduce it. With characteristic audacity, he agreed. Daedalus constructed a hollow wooden cow so realistic that it fooled the bull.
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This is Sparta: Fierce...
The Spartans prized physical perfection above all else, and so the students spent a great deal of their time learning how to fight. To ensure resilience in battle, boys were encouraged to fight among themselves,
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Who built Great...
The city generated its riches by controlling the sources and trade of the most prized gold, ivory, and copper. With this mercantile power, it was able to extend its sphere of influence across continents,
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Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
conserving highly prized species the world over but i'm reminded that for these rangers protecting snow leopards supports their whole community who make and sell crafts which are sold around the world
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Protecting The Elephant...
that's highly prized for carving its value is astronomical a pair of tusks raises ninety thousand dollars on the black market
Video examples
Peter Diamandis: Taking...
So, we have actually -- are looking to turn the X PRIZE into a world-class prize institute. This is what happens when you put up a prize, when you announce it and teams start to begin doing trials. You get publicity increase, and when it's won, publicity shoots through the roof -- if it's properly managed --
Video examples
The big impact of small...
innovation prize we run it in partnership with National Geographic the world's largest educational charity and that prize which is designed like innovation prizes to do is to compress the acceleration of development to commercial attea wave and tidal power
Video examples
How does the Nobel Peace...
in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. These prizes illustrated his lifelong commitment to sciences and his passion for literature. But what about peace? Because Nobel's name was tied to inventions used in the war industry,
Video examples
2016 Breakthrough Junior...
first breakthrough junior challenge prize make a video about science I loved science and I've made videos my whole life it was the perfect thing for me to do I learned a lot by looking at all the finalists videos Ryan talked about
Video examples
Orca's Extraordinary...
prize back to her family in the safety of the deep the first walker in the world to master this high-risk feeding strategy she is passing this vital knowledge onto her young so they too can ride the rise and fall of the oceans
Video examples
The myth of Icarus and...
to fall in love with the king's prized bull. Under this spell, she asked Daedalus to help her seduce it. With characteristic audacity, he agreed. Daedalus constructed a hollow wooden cow so realistic that it fooled the bull.
Video examples
This is Sparta: Fierce...
The Spartans prized physical perfection above all else, and so the students spent a great deal of their time learning how to fight. To ensure resilience in battle, boys were encouraged to fight among themselves,
Video examples
Who built Great...
The city generated its riches by controlling the sources and trade of the most prized gold, ivory, and copper. With this mercantile power, it was able to extend its sphere of influence across continents,
Video examples
Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
conserving highly prized species the world over but i'm reminded that for these rangers protecting snow leopards supports their whole community who make and sell crafts which are sold around the world
Video examples
Protecting The Elephant...
that's highly prized for carving its value is astronomical a pair of tusks raises ninety thousand dollars on the black market
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Quote examples
Sonia Sotomayor
American Judge
I barely saw my mother, and the mom I saw was often angry and unhappy. The mother I grew up with is not the mother I know now. It's not the mother she became after my father died, and that's been the greatest prize of my life.
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Wole Soyinka
Nigerian Dramatist
In the world of literature, I see prizes as more of a duty to the craft itself, rather than as something for the individual.
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Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.
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Theodore Roosevelt
American President
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.
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Xavier Dolan
Canadian Actor
Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Theologian
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
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Herbert A. Simon
American Economist
Forget about Nobel prizes; they aren't really very important.
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Philip Warren Anderson
American Scientist
The prize seemed to change my professional life very little.
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Boyd Holbrook
American Model
Love is the prize in life.
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Sonia Sotomayor
American Judge
I barely saw my mother, and the mom I saw was often angry and unhappy. The mother I grew up with is not the mother I know now. It's not the mother she became after my father died, and that's been the greatest prize of my life.
Quote examples
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian Dramatist
In the world of literature, I see prizes as more of a duty to the craft itself, rather than as something for the individual.
Quote examples
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese Poet
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.
Quote examples
Theodore Roosevelt
American President
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Quote examples
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.
Quote examples
Xavier Dolan
Canadian Actor
Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
Quote examples
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Theologian
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
Quote examples
Herbert A. Simon
American Economist
Forget about Nobel prizes; they aren't really very important.
Quote examples
Philip Warren Anderson
American Scientist
The prize seemed to change my professional life very little.
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Boyd Holbrook
American Model
Love is the prize in life.
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