Prize Definition
Noun: prize prIz
- Something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
"the prize was a free trip to Europe";
- award
- Goods or money obtained illegally
"It will avail them to dispose of their prize";
- loot, booty, pillage, plunder, swag, dirty money
- Something given as a token of victory
- trophy
- Hold dear
"I prize these old photographs";
- value, treasure, appreciate
- Regard highly; think much of
"We prize his creativity";
- respect, esteem, value
- Make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
"They prized the information out of him";
- pry, prise [Brit, Cdn]
- [N. Amer] To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
"Raccoons managed to prize the lid off the garbage pail";
- pry, prise [Brit, Cdn], lever, jimmy [N. Amer], jemmy [Brit]
- Of superior grade
"prize carnations";
- choice, prime, quality, select
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