Meaning

4 senses
  1. To consider highly valuable; to esteem.

  2. To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.

    to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

  3. (obsolete)To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.

  4. (obsolete)To compete in a prizefight.

Examples

479 sentences
  1. Tom got first prize, didn't he?

    Том взяв перший приз, чи не так? — deniko

    ruТом ведь первый приз взял, да? — sharptoothed

    deTom hat den ersten Preis gewonnen, nicht wahr? — Yorwba

  2. I'm surprised that you won the prize.

    Мене дивує, що ти виграв приз. — deniko

    ruЯ удивлён, что ты выиграл приз. — Biga

    deIch bin überrascht, dass du den Preis gewonnen hast. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I was surprised you won the prize.

    Я був здивований, що ти виграв приз. — Walentinio

  4. I hope you will succeed in winning the prize.

    Я сподіваюся, тобі вдасться виграти приз. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ надеюсь, что тебе удастся выиграть приз. — al_ex_an_der

  5. I was surprised that you won the prize.

    Я був здивований, що ти виграв приз. — Walentinio

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Middle English prysen, borrowed from Old French preisier (“to set a price or value on

From Middle English prysen, borrowed from Old French preisier (“to set a price or value on, esteem, value”), from pris (“price”), from Latin pretium (“price, value”), whence price; see also praise, a doublet. Compare appraise, apprize.

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Forms

prizes, prizing, prized, prized
Base formprize · to prize
3rd person singularprizes
Present participleprizing
Past simpleprized
Past participleprized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyprize
he, she, itprizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsprized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave prized
he, she, ithas prized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill prize

Synonyms

33 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • won the prize
  • first prize
  • the first prize
  • won first prize
  • first prize in
  • win first prize
  • win the prize
  • prize in the
  • deserve the prize
  • won a prize
  • got a prize
  • got the prize

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
prize — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto