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Word: prize (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A contest for a reward; competition.
  • A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
  • 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.
  • Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
  • military|nautical Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
  • That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
  • That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.

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Verb:

  • To consider something highly valuable.
  • To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.

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