"prize" meaning in English

See prize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /praɪz/ Audio: en-us-prize.ogg [US] Forms: prize [singular], prizes [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A prize is something that you receive for winning or doing well.
    Sense id: simple-prize-en-noun-cI8QrnBU
  2. A prize horse, story, performance, etc. is very good and could win a prize.
    Sense id: simple-prize-en-noun-21085~T2

Verb

IPA: /praɪz/ Audio: en-us-prize.ogg [US] Forms: prize [canonical], prizes [third-person, singular], prized [past], prized [past, participle], prizing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|priz|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is prized, people feel that it is very important and often people want it.
    Sense id: simple-prize-en-verb-~C0a9Mo4
  2. If you prize something off of or away from something else, you use strong force to get it to move.
    Sense id: simple-prize-en-verb-uOC~3cXt
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        },
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          "text": "Best Overall Performance, and the $300 grand prize, was awarded to Kathryn Hallberg."
        },
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          "text": "The book sold slowly despite winning third prize in this year's poetry contest."
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        },
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          "text": "Best Overall Performance, and the $300 grand prize, was awarded to Kathryn Hallberg."
        },
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          "text": "The book sold slowly despite winning third prize in this year's poetry contest."
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