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How to pronounce prize
Say it like this: /ˈpɹaɪ̯z/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does prize mean?
nounThat 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; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
“A literary prize has been instituted for this SY.”
verbTo consider highly valuable; to esteem.
“I pris’d your Person, but your Crown disdain.”
To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
“‘Find some other black boxes to prize open.’”
adjHaving won a prize; award-winning.
“a prize vegetable”
First-rate; exceptional.
“He was a prize fool.”
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