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The definition of prize
4 Definitions of: prize
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- noun, a) a reward or honour for victory or for having won a contest, competition, etc b) (as modifier)
- noun, something given to the winner of any game of chance, lottery, etc
- noun, something striven for
- noun, any valuable property captured in time of war, esp a vessel
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- verb, to esteem greatly; value highly
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- verb, noun, a variant spelling of prise
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- verb, to force open by levering
- verb, to extract or obtain with difficulty
- noun, a tool involving leverage in its use or the leverage so employed. US and Canadian equivalent: pry
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of prize