Prize
[praɪz]
Definition
(noun.) something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery; 'the prize was a free trip to Europe'.
(verb.) hold dear; 'I prize these old photographs'.
Edited by ELLA--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
(n.) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
(n.) An honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
(n.) That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
(n.) Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
(n.) A contest for a reward; competition.
(n.) A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
(v. t.) To move with a lever; to force up or open; to pry.
(v. t.) To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
(v. t.) To value highly; to estimate to be of great worth; to esteem.
(n.) Estimation; valuation.
Typist: Sam
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Reward, premium, trophy.[2]. Capture.
v. a. [1]. Estimate, rate, appraise.[2]. Esteem, value highly.
Typed by Borg
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ADVENTURE_and_BUSINESS]
SYN:Booty, spoil, plunder, prey, forage, trophy, laurels, guerdon, premium, honors,ovation, palm
ANT:Loss, forfeiture, fine, penalty, amercement, sacrifice, disappointment,failure, brand, stigma, infamy, mulct
Typed by Carla
Definition
v.t. to set a price on: to value: to value highly.—n. valuation estimate.—n. Priz′er (Shak.) an appraiser.
n. that which is taken or gained by competition: anything taken from an enemy in war: (hunting) the note of the trumpet blown at the capture of the game: a captured vessel: that which is won in a lottery: anything offered for competition: a gain: a reward: (Shak.) a competition.—adj. worthy of a prize: to which a prize is given.—adjs. Priz′able -eable valuable.—ns. Prize′-court a court for judging regarding prizes made on the high seas; Prize′-fight a combat in which those engaged fight for a prize or wager; Prize′-fight′er a boxer who fights publicly for a prize; Prize′-fight′ing; Prize′-list recorded of the winners in a competition; Prize′man; Prize′-mon′ey share of the money or proceeds from any prizes taken from an enemy; Priz′er (Shak.) one who competes for a prize; Prize′-ring a ring for prize-fighting: the practice itself.
v.t. to force open by means of a lever.
Checked by Gregory
Examples
- That you prize? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I must shut up my prize. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- If after that you are taken, you will then be a prize; but now you are only a stranger, and have a stranger's right to safety and protection. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I love Memory to-night, she said: I prize her as my best friend. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Stephenson and Henry Booth built the Rocket, and, as this was the only engine that fulfilled all the conditions, took the prize. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It was not unpleasant to the taste, though slightly acid, and I learned in a short time to prize it very highly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Whose good lance, replied the robber, won the prize in to-day's tourney? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- These threads are proposed as prizes for those persons whom the emperor has a mind to distinguish by a peculiar mark of his favour. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The vain hopes of gaining some of the great prizes is the sole cause of this demand. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The principal are, The produce of French prizes. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The sheiks of the tribes, under a king of the poets, sat in judgment and awarded prizes; the prize songs were sung through all Arabia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Having been absolutely carried along by the immense concourse of ladies, we came up close to Lord Kinnaird, who was dealing out the blanks and prizes. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He brought home numberless prizes and testimonials of ability. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Not everyone may feel that to push out into the untried, and take risks for big prizes, is worth while. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He remained in London a year and a half, working in two of the leading printing establishments of the metropolis, where his skill and reliability were soon prized. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Hours, minutes and seconds began to be carefully prized, both by the trades and professions, and the demand from the common people for accurate time records became great. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This possession--its proudest and most prized--had for years been nominal only. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Other members of the party left similar memorials, which under the circumstances have come to be greatly prized. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- My little morsel of human affection, which I prized as if it were a solid pearl, must melt in my fingers and slip thence like a dissolving hailstone. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Pictures like that are much to be prized, for they fill to some extent the place of books, which are so rare and cost so much. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- What a pang it was to lose all that: to have had it and not prized it! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It denotes an enlarged, an intensified prizing, not merely a prizing, much less--like depreciation--a lowered and degraded prizing. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- On the one hand, it denotes the attitude of prizing a thing finding it worth while, for its own sake, or intrinsically. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Editor: Rudolf