prize

Universal Words noun, adjective, verb noun 1 an award that is given to a person who wins a competition, race, etc. or who does very good work: She was awarded the Nobel Peace prize. * He won first prize in the woodwind section. * There are no prizes for guessing (= it is very easy to guess) who she was with. * I won ｣500 in prize money. * Win a car in our grand prize draw! seealsoCONSOLATIONPRIZE 2 something very important or valuable that is difficult to achieve or obtain: World peace is the greatest prize of all. adjective [onlybeforenoun] 1 (especially of an animal, a flower or a vegetable) good enough to win a prize in a competition: prize cattle / blooms 2 being a very good example of its kind: a prize pupil / student * a prize example * He's a prize specimen of the human race! * (informal) She's a prize idiot (= very silly). verb [VN] 1 [usuallypassive] ~ sth (for sth) to value sth highly SYNTREASURE: an era when honesty was prized above all other virtues * Oil of cedarwood is highly prized for its use in medicine and perfumery. 2 (AmE) = PRISE