- prize
- prize1 W2S2 [praız] n[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: prise, an earlier form of price; PRICE1]1.) something that is given to someone who is successful in a competition, race, game of chance etc▪ In this month's competition you could win a prize worth £3000.▪ The first prize has gone to Dr John Gentle.prize for▪ The prize for best photography has been won by a young Dutch photographer.▪ Scientists from Oxford shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1945.▪ The prizes are awarded (=given) every year to students who have shown original thinking in their work.2.) something that is very valuable to you or that it is very important to have▪ Fame was the prize.3.) no prizes for guessing sthspoken used to say that it is very easy to guess something▪ No prizes for guessing what she was wearing.prize 2prize2 adj [only before noun]1.) good enough to win a prize or having won a prize▪ He has spent months cultivating what he hopes are prize flowers.2.) very good or important▪ The Picasso painting is a prize exhibit in the museum.3.) prize moneymoney that is given to the person who wins a competition, race etc4.) a prize idiot/fool informala complete idiot, fool etcprize 3prize3 v [T]1.) to think that someone or something is very important or valuable▪ He is someone who prizes truth and decency above all things.▪ The company's shoes are highly prized by fashion conscious youngsters.2.) the American spelling of ↑prise
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.