prize

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English prise, from Old French prise (“a taking, capture, a seizure, a thing seized, a prize, booty, also hold, purchase”), past participle of prendre (“to take, to capture”), from Latin prēndere (“to take, seize”); see prehend. Compare prison, apprise, comprise, enterprise, purprise, reprisal, surprise, etc. Doublet of prise. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɹaɪ̯z/ (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑ̟ɪ̯z/, /ˈpɹɒ̈ɪ̯z/ (Southern US, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding) IPA(key): /ˈpɹaːz/ Rhymes: -aɪz Hyphenation: prize Homophones: pries, prise ==== Noun ==== prize (plural prizes) That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power. (military, nautical) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel. An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort. That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery. Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect. (obsolete) A contest for a reward; competition. A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever. Synonym: prise ===== Usage notes ===== Do not confuse with price. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English prysen, borrowed from Old French preisier (“to set a price or value on, esteem, value”), from pris (“price”), from Latin pretium (“price, value”), whence price; see also praise, a doublet. Compare appraise, apprize. ==== Verb ==== prize (third-person singular simple present prizes, present participle prizing, simple past and past participle prized) To consider highly valuable; to esteem. Synonyms: honor, regard, respect; see also Thesaurus:revere (obsolete) To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate. Synonyms: esteem, evaluate; see also Thesaurus:appraise To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry. (obsolete) To compete in a prizefight. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Adjective ==== prize (not comparable) Having won a prize; award-winning. First-rate; exceptional. === Etymology 4 === Alternative forms. ==== Noun ==== prize (plural prizes) Obsolete form of price. [16th–19th c.] === Further reading === “prize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “prize”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === pizer, rezip == Turkish == === Noun === prize dative singular of priz