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:

• " 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