- an award that is given to a person who wins a competition, race, etc. or who does very good work
- She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- He won first prize in the woodwind section.
- The prize went to the grey long-haired cat.
- prize for something She has received numerous prizes for her work.
- prize for doing something There are no prizes for guessing (= it is very easy to guess) who she was with.
- a cash prize of $5 000
- The grand prize is a family trip to Hawaii.
- His film took the top prize at Cannes last year.
- I won £500 in prize money.
- a prize fund of £20 000
- Win a car in our prize draw!
Extra Examples- She was the first woman to win this coveted prize.
- The booby prize was awarded to the worst singer in the competition.
- The prize was presented by the mayor.
- a prize worth over $3 000
- prizes in chemistry, physics and medicine
- They said the teenager was a worthy winner of the prize.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- prestigious
- …
- award (somebody)
- give (somebody)
- offer
- …
- go to somebody/something
- be worth something
- total something
- …
- winner
- money
- competition
- …
- prize for
- prize in
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- something very important or valuable that is difficult to achieve or obtain
- World peace is the greatest prize of all.
- The presidency is the ultimate prize.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- prestigious
- …
- award (somebody)
- give (somebody)
- offer
- …
- go to somebody/something
- be worth something
- total something
- …
- winner
- money
- competition
- …
- prize for
- prize in
Word OriginMiddle English: the noun, a variant of price; the verb (originally in the sense ‘estimate the value of’) from Old French pris-, stem of preisier ‘to praise, appraise’, from late Latin pretiare, from Latin pretium ‘price’.
Idioms
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