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prize

The correct spelling is prize.

How to pronounce prize

/pɹaɪz/
noun

IPA: /pɹaɪz/

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The correct spelling is prize. That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power. For example: "a prize vegetable"

Usage Examples

a prize vegetable

He was a prize fool.

I paid a high price for my folly.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
  2. 2.Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
  3. 3.An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
  4. 4.That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
  5. 5.Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.

verb

  1. 1.To consider highly valuable; to esteem.
  2. 2.To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
  3. 3.To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
  4. 4.To compete in a prizefight.

adjective

  1. 1.Having won a prize; award-winning.
  2. 2.First-rate; exceptional

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