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award

a·ward
A a

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uh-wawrd]
    • /əˈwɔrd/
    • /əˈwɔːd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-wawrd]
    • /əˈwɔrd/

Definitions of award word

  • countable noun award An award is a prize or certificate that a person is given for doing something well. 3
  • countable noun award In law, an award is a sum of money that a court decides should be given to someone. 3
  • countable noun award A pay award is an increase in pay for a particular group of workers. 3
  • verb award If someone is awarded something such as a prize or an examination mark, it is given to them. 3
  • verb award To award something to someone means to decide that it will be given to that person. 3
  • verb award to give (something due), esp as a reward for merit 3

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Origin of award

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; (v.) Middle English awarden < Anglo-French awarder, equivalent to a- a-4 + warder ≪ Germanic; compare Old English weardian to guard, ward; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French, derivative of awarder

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Award

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

award popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

award usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for award

noun award

  • trophy — anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
  • goldHerbert, born 1924, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
  • gift — gamete intrafallopian transfer: a laparoscopic process in which eggs are retrieved from an ovary by aspiration and inserted, along with sperm, into the fallopian tube of another woman.
  • grant — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
  • presentation — an act of presenting.

verb award

  • reward — a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
  • distribute — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
  • confer — When you confer with someone, you discuss something with them in order to make a decision. You can also say that two people confer.
  • hand out — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • bestow — To bestow something on someone means to give or present it to them.

Antonyms for award

noun award

  • forfeit — a fine; penalty.
  • loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.

verb award

  • refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
  • withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
  • keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.

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