Definition: 1. Something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery. 2. Goods or money obtained illegally. 3. Something given as a token of victory. 4. Hold dear. 5. To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open. 6. Regard highly; think much of. 7. Of superior grade.
Use 'prize' in a sentence:
1. Last year he won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
2. Two Americans will share this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine.
3. He collected the $10,000 first prize. Yes, $10,000.
4. Win a car in our grand prize draw!
5. The winner will receive a prize to the value of £ 1 000.
6. You must claim your prize by telephoning our claims line.
7. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1985.
8. He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize for literature several times.
9. Whichever of you gets here first will get the prize.
10. She stepped up to receive her prize.
11. She won first prize in the competition.
12. There are £ 25 000 worth of prizes up for grabs in our competition!
13. The runners-up will all receive a £ 50 prize.
14. We'd like nothing better than to see him walk off with the big prize.
15. I am not surprised that the jury chose to award this novel the prize.
16. There are no prizes for guessing who she was with.
17. He's been unbearable since he won that prize.
18. First prize will be a meal for two at the restaurant of your choice.
19. I won £ 500 in prize money.
20. Oil of cedarwood is highly prized for its use in perfumery.
21. The Nobel Prize has become the ultimate accolade in the sciences.
22. They took cash in lieu of the prize they had won.
23. I lost some of my most prized possessions in the fire.
24. "Poison" took first prize at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival.
25. The whole team has autographed a football, which will be used as a prize.
26. Everyone clapped us when we went up to get our prize.
27. Hendry raised his game to collect the £ 40 000 first prize.
28. The award of the Nobel Prize has crowned a glorious career in physics.
29. There will be a prize for the most innovative design.
30. The prize at stake is a place in the final.
31. The local MP will start the race and present the prizes.
32. The star prize is a weekend for two in Paris.
33. An Olympic gold medal is the most sought-after prize in world sport.
34. Each month the total prize kitty is $13.5 million.
35. The winner gets first pick of the prizes.
36. He was tilting at the top prize.
37. She was awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
38. World peace is the greatest prize of all.
39. Winning the prize freed him to paint full-time.
40. After winning the prize she became famous overnight.
41. He won first prize in the woodwind section.
42. He knew he had arrived when he was shortlisted for the Booker prize.
43. Winning the prize really boosted her ego.
44. An anonymous benefactor stepped in to provide the prize money.
45. The prize money saved her from having to find a job.
46. During each show we will be raffling a fabulous prize.
