prize
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/praɪz/
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/praɪz/
noun
A2
something you win in a contest or for doing good work
She won a prize for her science project.
R
something very valuable that is hard to get
The prize for finding the treasure was gold.
adjective
R
good enough to win a prize
The prize pig won at the fair.
R
a very good or bad example of something
He is a prize fool for losing the prize.
verb
R
to think something is very valuable
She prizes the prize her grandfather won.
R
to use force to open or separate something
He used a crowbar to prize open the locked box with the prize inside.
translation
something you win in a contest or for doing good work; something very valuable that is hard to get
good enough to win a prize; a very good or bad example of something
to think something is very valuable; to use force to open or separate something
Word Forms
Plural
prizes
Progressive
prizing
Past
prized
Perfect
prized
3rd Present
prizes