prize

prize1 [ praız ] noun count ***

1. ) a reward you get for being successful in a sport, competition, or game, or for being better than others at something. Someone who has won a prize is called a prize winner:

the Nobel Prize for chemistry

Previous winners of the prize have been Quincy Jones and Dizzy Gillespie.

win a prize: There's a chance to win a prize if you can answer this question.

first/second/third prize (=the prize given to the person who is first, second, or third in a competition): Instead of winning first prize, Norman finished fourth.

award a prize: The prize is awarded annually to an individual or group of people.

a ) only before noun relating to a prize:

this month's prize draw

The golf tournament offers $6.2 million in prize money.

2. ) something very important that you try very hard to get:

the prize of freedom/peace

prize

prize 2 [ praız ] adjective

1. ) good enough to deserve or win a prize:

prize turkeys/roses/recipes

2. ) very important or valuable:

a prize asset/witness/possession

prize

prize 3 [ praız ] verb transitive

1. ) to consider something to be very important and special:

You threw away all those old magazines I prize so much!

2. ) MAINLY BRITISH to force two things apart: PRY:

prize something off/apart/open: She prized the lid off the can with a screwdriver.

prize something out of someone phrasal verb transitive MAINLY BRITISH

to persuade someone to tell you a secret