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The correct spelling is prize.
How to pronounce prize
/pɹaɪz/
nounIPA: /pɹaɪz/
Say it like: Pri-ze
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.That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
- 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.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.That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
- 5.Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
verb
- 1.To consider highly valuable; to esteem.
- 2.To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
- 3.To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
- 4.To compete in a prizefight.
adjective
- 1.Having won a prize; award-winning.
- 2.First-rate; exceptional
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