prize

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, great, prestigious

▪ fabulous

▪ special

▪ ultimate

▪

The presidency is the ultimate prize.

▪ coveted

▪

She was the first woman to win this coveted prize.

▪ glittering (esp. BrE)

▪

He strove for the glittering prizes of politics.

▪ first, first-place (AmE), grand, top

▪ runner-up (esp. BrE), second

▪ consolation

▪ booby

▪

The booby prize was awarded to the worst singer in the competition.

▪ cash, monetary (esp. AmE), money (esp. BrE)

▪ $1-million, etc.

▪ raffle

VERB + PRIZE

▪ award (sb), give (sb)

▪ offer

▪ present

▪

The prize was presented by the mayor.

▪ capture, claim, collect, get, receive, take, win

▪ accept

▪ share

▪

De Klerk shared the peace prize with Nelson Mandela in 1993.

PRIZE + VERB

▪ go to sb/sth

▪

The prize went to the long-haired cat.

▪ be worth sth, total sth

▪

a prize worth over $3 000

PRIZE + NOUN

▪ winner (usually prizewinner)

▪ money

▪ competition, draw (BrE)

PREPOSITION

▪ prize for

▪

He won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

▪ prize in

▪

prizes in chemistry, physics and medicine

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verb

PREPOSITION

▪ above

▪

a precious thing to be prized above all else

▪ as

▪

The library is prized as the finest of its kind in England.

▪ for

▪

The berries are prized for their healing properties.

PHRASES

▪ highly prized, much prized

▪

two fruits that are much prized on the island

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adj.

Prize is used with these nouns: ↑asset, ↑specimen