Definitions for award
əˈwɔrdaward

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. awardnoun

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

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

2. awardnoun

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

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

3. awardnoun

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

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

4. awardnoun

   Care, keeping.

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

5. awardnoun

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

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

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.

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

7. awardverb

   To determine; to make or grant an award.

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

8. awardverb

   to give an award (prize) for merit

   He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

   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.]

2. Awardverb

   to determine; to make an award

   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.]

3. Awardverb

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

   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.]

4. Awardverb

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

   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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. award

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

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. award

   To acknowledge an achievement.

   To receive an award is an honour.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Allocate
   • Grant
   • Law

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

How to pronounce award?

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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. 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.

2. Mark Meuser:

   By ruling that Yvette Felarca did not demonstrate good faith in filing the restraining order, the court recognized the frivolous nature of Felarca’s actions, the award of attorney fees should send a strong signal that she cannot abuse the court system to silence speech.

3. Michael Douglas:

   I love talented women, im crazy about beautiful women. And now, Im going to give you five of them: the nominees for [the best supporting actress] award.

4. Loren Weisman:

   If you can vote many times for some content or award, where is the authenticity, honor and rewards in those results?”

5. Beth Blauer:

   [ My kids ] deserve some kind of an award for the way that they've been able to stick with me through this.

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