prize
Speech parts
1. prize - Noun
2. prize - Adjective
3. prize - Verb
4. prize - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
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.
An honor 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.
A contest for a reward; competition.
A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
To move with a lever; to force up or open; to pry.
To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
To value highly; to estimate to be of great worth; to esteem.
Estimation; valuation.
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Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize.
Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.
Nobel prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the shore in safety.
If everyone were wise, a fool would be the prize.
A race horse gives you an advantage and wins the prize.