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Prize   /praɪz/   Listen
Prize

noun
1.
Something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery.  Synonym: award.
2.
Goods or money obtained illegally.  Synonyms: booty, dirty money, loot, pillage, plunder, swag.
3.
Something given as a token of victory.  Synonym: trophy.
verb
1.
Hold dear.  Synonyms: appreciate, treasure, value.
2.
To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open.  Synonyms: jimmy, lever, prise, pry.  "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
3.
Regard highly; think much of.  Synonyms: esteem, prise, respect, value.  "We prize his creativity"
adjective
1.
Of superior grade.  Synonyms: choice, prime, quality, select.  "Prime beef" , "Prize carnations" , "Quality paper" , "Select peaches"



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"Prize" Quotes from Famous Books



... period presided with so much popularity over the affairs of the province, possessed a few pictures, consisting, however, chiefly of family portraits. Among them was a St. Ignatius, which was found in the course of the preceding war on board a Spanish prize, and which Mr. Pennington obtained leave for West to copy. The Artist had made choice of it himself, without being aware of its merits as a work of art, for it was not until several years after that he discovered it to be a fine piece of the Morillo ...
— The Life, Studies, And Works Of Benjamin West, Esq. • John Galt

... reason. Taking Snarley all round, I dare say he was not a bad man; but I doubt if there was any sin which smelt so rank in his nostrils as the loss of a lamb through carelessness, nor any virtue he rated so high as that which was rewarded by a first prize at the agricultural show. The form of his ideal, and the direction of his hero-worship, ...
— Mad Shepherds - and Other Human Studies • L. P. Jacks

... {193} France and the protection of British interests. In July, 1805, a severe blow was suddenly struck by Sir William Scott, who as chief Admiralty judge rendered a decision to the effect that French sugar, entered at an American custom-house and re-exported with a rebate of the duty, was good prize under the Rule of 1756. This placed all American re-exportation of French West Indian produce at the mercy of British cruisers; and the summer of 1805 saw a sudden descent of naval officers upon their prey, causing an outcry of anger from every seaport ...
— The Wars Between England and America • T. C. Smith

... by Anne, bearing date January 23rd, 1830, and there is a later book than the Prayer Book, with Anne's name in it, and, as might be expected, it is a good-conduct prize. Prize for good conduct presented to Miss A. Bronte with Miss Wooler's kind love, Roe Head, Dec. 14th, 1836, is the inscription in a copy of Watt On ...
— Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle • Clement K. Shorter

... the first lesson of hand-craft with the needle; boys may (and they will always prize the knowledge), but girls must. It is wise that our schools are going back to old fashioned ways, and saying that girls must ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 • Various


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