noun / verb / adjective
prize
PRYZE/praɪz/
Something awarded for exceptional success or achievement.
The smiling runner receives a gold cup as a prize.
Etymology
The ancestor pretium covered both value and reward. Prize carries the reward sense into something offered or received for success in a contest or other achievement.
In context
were awarded a judges’ special prize in recognition of the wide-ranging impact of the local gift card on fuelling local recovery.
More examples
- Her science project wins first prize at the school fair.
- I prize the letters my grandfather wrote to me.
- She proudly shows us her prize tomatoes.
Forms
prize · prizes · prized · prizing