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Definitions

prize

[prahyz] / praɪz /






Usage

What are other ways to say prize? To prize is to value highly and cherish. To appreciate is to exercise wise judgment, delicate perception, and keen insight in realizing the worth of something. To esteem is to feel respect combined with a warm, kindly feeling. To value is to attach importance to a thing because of its worth (material or otherwise). 

Example Sentences

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O'Neal, their prize asset, was despatched to McKechnie's clinic in Vancouver for an expert opinion.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

They made a beeline to the gift shop for the one prize more coveted than a green jacket: a garden gnome.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Jordan, who won entertainer of the year that evening, went on to secure the sought-after lead actor prize at the 98th Academy Awards in March.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Bambaataa, often named alongside DJ Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash as a founder of hip-hop, concerned himself with community-building after a prize trip to Africa for an essay competition in 1974 shifted his worldview.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

He wondered if Spess would remember their mutual pledge that the winner would share the prize.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville