What does Award mean?

Definitions for Award
əˈwɔrdaward

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Award.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. award, awardingnoun

    a grant made by a law court

    "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court"

  2. award, accolade, honor, honour, laurelsnoun

    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

    "an award for bravery"

  3. prize, awardverb

    something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery

    "the prize was a free trip to Europe"

  4. award, presentverb

    give, especially as an honor or reward

    "bestow honors and prizes at graduation"

  5. award, grantverb

    give as judged due or on the basis of merit

    "the referee awarded a free kick to the team"; "the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff";"Funds are granted to qualified researchers"

Wiktionary

  1. awardnoun

    A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.

  2. awardnoun

    The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.

  3. awardnoun

    A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.

  4. awardnoun

    Care, keeping.

  5. awardnoun

    A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.

  6. awardverb

    To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.

  7. awardverb

    To determine; to make or grant an award.

  8. awardverb

    to give an award (prize) for merit

    He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

  9. Etymology: From awarden, from awarder, from *, from ex + wardare, guardare; see ward, guard, regard.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Awardnoun

    Judgment; sentence; determination.

    Etymology: from the verb.

    Now hear th’ award, and happy may it prove
    To her, and him who best deserves her love. John Dryden, Fab.

    Affection bribes the judgment, and we cannot expect an equitable award, where the judge is made a party. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.

    To urge the foe,
    Prompted by blind revenge and wild despair,
    Were to refuse th’ awards of providence. Joseph Addison, Cato.

  2. To Awardverb

    Etymology: derived by Skinner, somewhat improbably, from weard, Sax. towards.

    A pound of that same merchant’s flesh is thine;
    The court awards it, and the law doth give it. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

    A church which allows salvation to none without it, nor awards damnation to almost any within it. South.

    It advances that grand business, and according to which their eternity hereafter will be awarded. Decay of Piety.

    Satisfaction for every affront cannot be awarded by stated laws. Jeremy Collier, on Duelling.

    Th’ unwise award to lodge it in the tow’rs,
    An off’ring sacred. Alexander Pope, Odyssey, b. viii. l. 555.

Wikipedia

  1. Award

    Award Software International Inc. was a BIOS manufacturer founded in 1983, by Rene Vishney and Bob Stillman in San Jose, California. In 1984 the company moved its international headquarters to Los Gatos, California, United States.

ChatGPT

  1. award

    An award is a prize or a recognition given to a person, a group of people, or an organization in honor of their achievements, excellence, contribution or outstanding performance in a specific field. This could be in the form of a trophy, certificate, title, badge, decoration, or similar acknowledgment.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Awardverb

    to give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant

  2. Awardverb

    to determine; to make an award

  3. Awardverb

    a judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted

  4. Awardverb

    the paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded

  5. Etymology: [OF. eswarder to look at, consider, decide, judge; es (L. ex) + warder, garder, to observe, take heed, keep, fr. OHG. wartn to watch, guard. See Ward.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Award

    a-wawrd′, v.t. to adjudge: to determine.—n. judgment: final decision, esp. of arbitrators.—adj. Award′able, that may be awarded.—n. Award′ment. [O. Fr. ewarder, eswarder, from an assumed Romanic form compounded of ex, thoroughly, and guardare, watch. See Ward, Guard.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. award

    A judgment, in maritime cases, by arbitration; and the decision or sentence of a court-martial.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. award

    A judgment, the result of arbitration. In a military sense, the decision or sentence of a court-martial. To award medals of honor.

Editors Contribution

  1. award

    To acknowledge an achievement.

    To receive an award is an honour.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020  

Suggested Resources

  1. Award

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Award' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #611

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Award' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3988

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Award' in Nouns Frequency: #224

  4. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Award' in Verbs Frequency: #558

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Award in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Award in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Award in a Sentence

  1. Steven Spielberg:

    Once you commit to a television format, you're a TV movie, i don't believe that films that are given token qualifications, in a couple of theaters for less than a week, should qualify for the Academy Award nomination.

  2. Wes Bush:

    I would be careful about making prognostications that that (contract award) alone has a reshaping impact on the industry.

  3. Janet Jackson:

    I’m deeply humbled and grateful for this award. I believe that for all the challenges, all of our challenges, we live a great moment in history, it’s a moment that at long last women have made it clear that we will not be controlled, manipulated or abused.

  4. Solicitor General Jose Calida:

    It confirms that no one state can claim virtually an entire sea. The award is a historic win not only for the Philippines ... it renews humanity's faith in a rules based global order, the award opens a horizon of possibilities for all stakeholders. The award is a crowning glory of international law.

  5. Jessica Vaughan:

    It certainly appears that the agency is trying to distract from that misconduct by puffing up this incident into an award nomination, the agency leaders appear to believe that egregious poor judgment and a serious act of obstruction can be canceled out by another good deed. It doesn’t work that way.

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