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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun award has 3 senses
- award(n = noun.act) awarding - a grant made by a law court; "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court" is a kind of grant, subsidisation, subsidization
- award(n = noun.communication) accolade, honor, honour, laurels - a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery" has particulars: prize, trophy, aliyah, academic degree, degree, crown, pennant, cachet, seal, seal of approval, citation, commendation, honorable mention, mention, letter, varsity letter, decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon, trophy, emmy, nobel prize, academy award, oscar, prix de rome, prix goncourt
- award(n = noun.possession) prize - something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery; "the prize was a free trip to Europe" is a kind of gift
has particulars: addiction
is a kind of symbol
Derived form verb award1
has particulars: scholarship, fellowship, gratuity, door prize, jackpot, prize money, premium
Derived form verb award1
Verb award has 2 senses
- award(v = verb.possession) present - give, especially as an honor or reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation" is one way to allocate, apportion
- award(v = verb.possession) grant - give as judged due or on the basis of merit; "the referee awarded a free kick to the team"; "the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff"; "Funds are granted to qualified researchers" is one way to give
Derived forms noun award2, noun award3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sample sentences:
They award the countryside
They award the money to them
CIDE DICTIONARY
award, v. t. [OF. eswarder to look at, consider, decide, judge; es (L. ex) + warder, garder, to observe, take heed, keep, fr. OHG. wart to watch, guard. See Ward.].
To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant. [1913 Webster]
"To review
The wrongful sentence, and award a new." [1913 Webster]
The wrongful sentence, and award a new." [1913 Webster]
award, v. i.
To determine; to make an award. [1913 Webster]
- A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted. Cowper. [1913 Webster]"An award had been given against." [1913 Webster]
- The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded. Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
award, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 give or order to be given as a payment, penalty, or prize (awarded him a knighthood; was awarded damages).
2 grant, assign.
--n.
1 a payment, penalty, or prize awarded.
2 a judicial decision.
--v.tr.
1 give or order to be given as a payment, penalty, or prize (awarded him a knighthood; was awarded damages).
2 grant, assign.
--n.
1 a payment, penalty, or prize awarded.
2 a judicial decision.
Derivative
awarder n.
Etymology
ME f. AF awarder, ult. f. Gmc: see WARD
THESAURUS
award
Academy Award, Christmas present, Nobel Prize, Oscar, accolade, accommodation, accord, accordance, action, administer, afford, allocate, allot, allow, apportion, assign, awarding, badge, bays, bestow, bestow on, bestowal, bestowment, birthday present, booby prize, box, cadeau, communicate, communication, concede, concession, condemnation, confer, conferment, conferral, consideration, consolation prize, contribution, deal, deal out, decision, decoration, decree, deliverance, delivery, determination, diagnosis, dictum, dish out, dispense, distinction, dole, dole out, donate, donation, doom, dower, endow, endow with, endowment, endue, extend, fairing, finding, first prize, fork out, furnish, furnishment, gift, gift with, gifting, give, give freely, give out, giving, grant, granting, hand out, handsel, heap, help to, impart, impartation, impartment, investiture, issue, jackpot, kudos, laurels, lavish, let have, liberality, mete, mete out, oblation, offer, offering, order, peace offering, pour, precedent, present, presentation, presentment, prize, proffer, prognosis, pronouncement, provision, rain, render, resolution, reward, ruling, second prize, sentence, serve, shell out, shower, slip, snow, subscription, supplying, surrender, sweepstakes, tender, tribute, trophy, verdict, vouchsafe, vouchsafement, white elephant, yieldROGET THESAURUS
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Trophy
N trophy, medal, prize, palm, award, laurel, laurels, bays, crown, chaplet, wreath, civic crown, insignia, feather in one's cap, decoration, garland, triumphal arch, Victoria Cross, Iron Cross, triumph, flying colors, monumentum aere perennius, for valor.Giving
N giving, bestowal, bestowment, donation, presentation, presentment, accordance, concession, delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment, investment, investiture, award, almsgiving, charity, liberality, generosity, gift, donation, present, cadeau, fairing, free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation, lagniappe, pilon, grace, act of grace, bonus, allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention, bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation, dot, appanage, voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance, amortization, alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule, donative, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail, douceur, drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld, bakshish, fee, consideration, bribe, bait, ground bait, peace offering, handsel, boodle, graft, grease, blat, giver, grantor, donor, feoffer, settlor, giving, given, allowed, allowable, concessional, communicable, charitable, eleemosynary, sportulary, tributary, gratis, donative, auctor pretiosa facit, ex dono, res est ingeniosa dare.VB deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of, hand over, make over, deliver over, pass over, turn over, assign dower, present, give away, dispense, dispose of, give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out, pay, render, impart, communicate, concede, cede, yield, part with, shed, cast, spend, give, bestow, confer, grant, accord, award, assign, intrust, consign, vest in, make a present, allow, contribute, subscribe, furnish its quota, invest, endow, settle upon, bequeath, leave, devise, furnish, supply, help, administer to, afford, spare, accommodate with, indulge with, favor with, shower down upon, lavish, pour on, thrust upon, tip, bribe, tickle the palm, grease the palm, offer, sacrifice, immolate.
Judgment
N judgment, result, conclusion, upshot, deduction, inference, ergotism, illation, corollary, porism, moral, estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication, dijudication, adjudication, arbitrament, arbitrement, arbitration, assessment, ponderation, valorization, award, estimate, review, criticism, critique, notice, report, decision, determination, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree, findings of fact, findings of law, res judicata, plebiscite, voice, casting vote, vote, opinion, good judgment, judge, umpire, arbiter, arbitrator, asessor, referee, censor, reviewer, critic, connoisseur, commentator, inspector, inspecting officer, twenty-twenty hindsight, armchair general, monday morning quarterback, judging, judicious, determinate, conclusive, on the whole, all things considered, a Daniel come to judgment, and stand a critic, hated yet caress'd, it is much easier to be critical than to be correc, la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile, nothing if not critical, O most lame and impotent conclusion.VB judge, conclude, come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion, ascertain, determine, make up one's mind, deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction, weet, ween, form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate, rank, account, regard, consider, think of, look upon, review, size up, settle, pass an opinion, give an opinion, decide, try, pronounce, rule, pass judgment, pass sentence, sentence, doom, find, give judgment, deliver judgment, adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, award, report, bring in a verdict, make absolute, set a question at rest, confirm, comment, criticize, kibitz, pass under review, investigate, hold the scales, sit in judgment, try judgment, hear a cause.
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