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prize
noun [C] /praɪz/Definition
A2 something valuable, such as an amount of money, that is given to someone who succeeds in a competition or game or that is given to someone as a reward for doing very good work: The critics' prize for best film was won by Marc Abbott for 'Belly Laugh'. I won a prize in the raffle. The first (= main) prize is a weekend for two in Bruges. The prize money for literary competitions can be as high as £40,000.Prizes, rewards and medals › something important and valuable that is difficult to achieve or get: The prize would be her hand in marriage.Goals and purposes
(Definition of prize noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aim noun (INTENTION)
- ambition noun
- avail noun
- dedicated adjective
- function noun (PURPOSE)
- goal noun (AIM)
- have big ideas idiom
- idea noun (PURPOSE)
- mission noun (JOB)
- object noun (PURPOSE)
- order noun (PURPOSE)
- purpose noun
- raison d'être noun
- sb's heart's desire idiom
- should modal verb (POSSIBILITY)
- the end justifies the means idiom
- the order of the day idiom
- towards preposition (PURPOSE)
- way noun (WANT)
- will noun (MENTAL POWER)
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