word-vault/dist/data/cards/pr/prize.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "prize",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an award that is given to a person who wins a competition, race, etc. or who does very good work",
            "sensetop": "prize for somethingprize for doing something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was **awarded the** Nobel Peace **Prize**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **won first prize** in the woodwind section."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **prize went to** the grey long-haired cat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has **received** numerous **prizes** for her work.",
                    "contextForm": "prize for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are **no prizes for guessing** *(= it is very easy to guess)* who she was with.",
                    "contextForm": "prize for doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **cash prize** of $5 000"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **grand prize** is a family trip to Hawaii."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His film took the **top prize** at Cannes last year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I won £500 in **prize money**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a prize fund of £20 000"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Win a car in our prize draw!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was the first woman to win this coveted prize."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The prize was presented by the mayor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a prize worth over $3 000"
                },
                {
                    "text": "prizes in chemistry, physics and medicine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They said the teenager was a worthy winner of the prize."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "great", "prestigious"],
                "verb + prize": ["award (somebody)", "give (somebody)", "offer"],
                "prize + verb": [
                    "go to somebody/​something",
                    "be worth something",
                    "total something"
                ],
                "prize + noun": ["winner", "money", "competition"],
                "preposition": ["prize for", "prize in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "something very important or valuable that is difficult to achieve or obtain",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "World peace is the greatest prize of all."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The presidency is the ultimate prize."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "great", "prestigious"],
                "verb + prize": ["award (somebody)", "give (somebody)", "offer"],
                "prize + verb": [
                    "go to somebody/​something",
                    "be worth something",
                    "total something"
                ],
                "prize + noun": ["winner", "money", "competition"],
                "preposition": ["prize for", "prize in"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/praɪz/",
                "audio": "pr/prize/prize__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/praɪz/",
                "audio": "pr/prize/prize__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: the noun, a variant of price; the verb (originally in the sense ‘estimate the value of’) from Old French pris-, stem of preisier ‘to praise, appraise’, from late Latin pretiare, from Latin pretium ‘price’."
}