PRIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prize mean? 

• PRIZE (noun)
  The noun PRIZE has 3 senses:

1. something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery

2. goods or money obtained illegally

3. something given as a token of victory

  Familiarity information: PRIZE used as a noun is uncommon.

• PRIZE (adjective)
  The adjective PRIZE has 1 sense:

1. of superior grade

  Familiarity information: PRIZE used as an adjective is very rare.

• PRIZE (verb)
  The verb PRIZE has 3 senses:

1. hold dear

2. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

3. regard highly; think much of

  Familiarity information: PRIZE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIZE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

award; prize

Context example:

the prize was a free trip to Europe

Hypernyms ("prize" is a kind of...):

gift (something acquired without compensation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prize"):

door prize (tickets are passed out at the entrance to a dance or party or other social function and a prize is awarded to the holder of the winning ticket)

premium (a prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc.)

prize money (any money given as a prize)

jackpot (any outstanding award)

gratuity (an award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation)

fellowship (money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research)

scholarship (financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Goods or money obtained illegally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

booty; dirty money; loot; pillage; plunder; prize; swag

Hypernyms ("prize" is a kind of...):

stolen property (property that has been stolen)

Meronyms (parts of "prize"):

cut (a share of the profits)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Something given as a token of victory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

prize; trophy

Hypernyms ("prize" is a kind of...):

accolade; award; honor; honour; laurels (a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prize"):

booby prize (a prize given to one who finishes last in a contest)

bronze medal (a trophy made of bronze (or having the appearance of bronze) that is usually awarded for winning third place in a competition)

cup; loving cup (a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition)

gold medal (a trophy made of gold (or having the appearance of gold) that is usually awarded for winning first place in a competition)

silver; silver medal (a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition)

apple of discord ((classical mythology) a golden apple thrown into a banquet of the gods by Eris (goddess of discord--who had not been invited); the apple had 'for the fairest' written on it and Hera and Athena and Aphrodite all claimed it; when Paris (prince of Troy) awarded it to Aphrodite it began a chain of events that led to the Trojan War)

• PRIZE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of superior grade

Synonyms:

choice; prime; prize; quality; select

Context example:

select peaches

Similar:

superior (of high or superior quality or performance)

• PRIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they prize    / prize    ... he / she / it prizes    / prizes   
Past simple: prized    / prized   
Past participle: prized    / prized   
-ing form: prizing    / prizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hold dear

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

appreciate; prize; treasure; value

Context example:

I prize these old photographs

Hypernyms (to "prize" is one way to...):

consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "prize"):

do justice (show due and full appreciation)

recognise; recognize (show approval or appreciation of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue prize the movie

Sense 2

Meaning:

To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

jimmy; lever; prise; prize; pry

Context example:

Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail

Hypernyms (to "prize" is one way to...):

open; open up (cause to open or to become open)

"Prize" entails doing...:

loose; loosen (make loose or looser)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Regard highly; think much of

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

esteem; prise; prize; respect; value

Context example:

We prize his creativity

Hypernyms (to "prize" is one way to...):

consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "prize"):

think the world of (esteem very highly)

fear; revere; reverence; venerate (regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of)

admire; look up to (feel admiration for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The chefs prize the vegetables

 Context examples 

He prizes me as a soldier would a good weapon; and that is all.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

She prized the frank, the open-hearted, the eager character beyond all others.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

It is just that different parts of your talents are being prized.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

She has had some experience, and got a prize for a tale in the Blarneystone Banner.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“Here,” said he to himself, “must I find the prize the good fairy told me of.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Queloz and Mayor, both from Switzerland, won their prize for discovering the first known exoplanet in 1995.

(Swedish academy announces 2019 Nobel Prize winners in physics, Wikinews)

Let a man lay those seven low, and he shall have the prize of the day, from the hands of the fairest queen of beauty, even from the Virgin-Mother herself.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was, indeed, a highly prized letter.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Another cursed the Admiralty Courts, where a prize goes in as a full-rigged ship and comes out as a schooner.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had returned with the prize, but had left a fragment in the grasp of his opponent.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)