Results for prize
Definitions of prize:
part of speech: verb transitive
To value highly; to seize in war, as a vessel.
part of speech: verb transitive
To set a price on: to value: to value highly.
part of speech: noun
A reward offered or won in a contest; that which is taken from an enemy in war, especially a captured vessel; anything worth striving for.
part of speech: noun
That which is gained by, or offered for, some performance; a reward; a premium; a capture from an enemy- applied to taking a vessel at sea; the money or goods gained by a lottery- ticket.
part of speech: verb
To set a price on; to value; to esteem highly.
part of speech: noun
That which is taken or gained by competition: anything taken from an enemy in war: a captured vessel: that which is won in a lottery: anything offered for competition: a reward.
Usage examples for prize:
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" You'll prize them more now," the Ranger said.
"The Boy With the U. S. Foresters", Francis Rolt-Wheeler -
That will be the prize
"Andy Grant's Pluck", Horatio Alger -
Let no man rob you of your prize
"The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon", Alexander Maclaren -
It's Founders' Day at Tidborough, or it's at Doda's school on Prize Day.
"This Freedom", A. S. M. Hutchinson