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prize 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: prise, an earlier form of price; PRICE1]
something that is given to someone who is successful in a competition, race, game of chance etc
::In this month's competition you could win a prize worth ¡ê3000.
::The first prize has gone to Dr John Gentle.
prize for
::The prize for best photography has been won by a young Dutch photographer.
::Scientists from Oxford shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1945.
::The prizes are awarded (=given) every year to students who have shown original thinking in their work.
something that is very valuable to you or that it is very important to have
::Fame was the prize.
no prizes for guessing sth
spoken used to say that it is very easy to guess something
::No prizes for guessing what she was wearing.