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• prize — ▪ I. prize prize 1 [praɪz] noun [countable] something that is very valuable or important to have: • With a portfolio of $1 billion, Amerco is an attractive prize. • The administration has worked behind the scenes to help Turkey win the big prize… …   Financial and business terms

• prize — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, prestigious ▪ fabulous ▪ special ▪ ultimate ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• prize out of — ˌprize ˈout of [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they prize out of he/she/it prizes out of present participle prizing out of past tense …   Useful english dictionary

• prize — I UK [praɪz] / US noun [countable] Word forms prize : singular prize plural prizes *** 1) a) a reward that you get for being successful in a sport, competition, or game, or for being better than others at something. Someone who has won a prize is …   English dictionary

• prize — English has four words prize. The one meaning ‘reward’ [16] is essentially the same word as price. This was originally pris, mirroring its immediate Old French ancestor pris. It became prise, to indicate the length of its vowel i, and in the 16th …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• Prize Patrol — The Prize Patrol is the team from Publishers Clearing House that knocks on the door of a recent entrant of the company s sweepstakes and surprises them with the news that they have won a large cash prize.The Prize Patrol was founded in 1988 by… …   Wikipedia

• prize — English has four words prize. The one meaning ‘reward’ [16] is essentially the same word as price. This was originally pris, mirroring its immediate Old French ancestor pris. It became prise, to indicate the length of its vowel i, and in the 16th …   Word origins

• present — I EXISTING OR HAPPENING NOW ♦♦ (Pronounced [[t]pre̱z(ə)nt[/t]] in present 1, 2, and 3, and [[t]prɪze̱nt[/t]] in present 4.) 1) ADJ: ADJ n You use present to describe things and people that exist now, rather than those that existed in the past or… …   English dictionary

• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury — Infobox award name = Prize of the Ecumenical Jury current awards = imagesize = 100px caption = Logo of the Jury œcuménique description = honours works of quality which touch the spiritual dimension of our existencecite… …   Wikipedia

• present — I adj 1. present day, existing, extant, current; living, alive, still alive; here, at this place, at hand, to hand, nigh, near, nearby, vicinal, about, afloat; attending, in attendance, in this company, among us, remaining, on duty. n 2.Usu. the… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting — The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting is a Pulitzer Prize awarded for a distinguished example of breaking news, local reporting on news of the moment. It has been awarded since 1953 under several names:*From 1953 to 1963: Pulitzer Prize… …   Wikipedia