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award en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /əˈwɔːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /əˈwɔɹd/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From Middle English awarden, from Anglo-Norman awarder, from Medieval Latin *exwardare, from Latin ex (“out”) + Medieval Latin wardare, guardare (“to observe, regard, guard”); see ward, guard, regard.

Meanings

  1. A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
    • Citing the damages that Ms. Lewis and Mr. Heslin had requested, Mr. Jones called the award a “major victory” in a video posted on Infowars on Thursday night, even as he urged viewers to buy products from his website to stave off what he portrayed as financial ruin. 2022 August 4, Elizabeth Williamson, “Jurors Award Sandy Hook Parents $4 Million in Damages”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
  2. The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
  3. Funding that has been granted for the conduct of a research project.
  4. A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
  5. (Australia, New-Zealand, qualifier:industrial relations) A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
    • The AMIEU^([Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union]) first developed into a powerful organisation in the early years of the twentieth century, and after the first industry-wide collective agreement was made in 1911, collective bargaining prevailed in the industry until 1917, when the employers sought an award from the Queensland Industrial Court. The first award was issued on March 12, 1918. 1970, Kenneth Frederick Walker, Australian Industrial Relations Systems, page 242:
    • A further 17 per cent responded that the agreement replaced ‘most’ aspects of the award, leaving the large majority (67 per cent) claiming that the agreement replaced only ‘some’ aspects of the award. 2000, Mark Wooden, The Transformation of Australian Industrial Relations, page 42:
    • Employees whose pay is set by ‘award only’ are those who have their pay set by an award, and who are not paid more than the award rate of pay. 2007, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2007 Year book, Australia, page 182:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
awards Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Darwin Award · preaward · award-winning · book award · Academy Award · award ceremony

Synonyms

mind · verdict · conclusion · award · decision · opinion · deduction · view · illation · sight · inference · conclusion · decision · result · judgement/judgment · choice · censure · determination · verdict · take · ergotism

Translations (136)

ar جَائِزَة (trophy or medal) · mi paraihe (trophy or medal) · de Spruch (decision of arbitrators) · sco awaird (trophy or medal) · cu награда (trophy or medal) · ko 어워드 (trophy or medal) · de Preis (trophy or medal) · mn шагнал (trophy or medal) · et auhind (trophy or medal) · yi פּרײַז (trophy or medal) · sv utmärkelse (trophy or medal) · nl prijs (trophy or medal) · es laudo (decision of arbitrators) · tk nyşan (trophy or medal) · ca veredicte (decision of arbitrators) · de Entscheid (decision of arbitrators) · eu sari (trophy or medal) · orv нагорода (trophy or medal) · uz mukofot (trophy or medal) · tg нишон (trophy or medal) · is verðlaun (trophy or medal) · mi whakawhiwhinga (trophy or medal) · az mükafat (trophy or medal) · ro decizie (trophy or medal) · ko(trophy or medal) · ko 시상 (trophy or medal) · ar قَرَار (decision of arbitrators) · km រង្វាន់ (trophy or medal) · be узнагаро́да (trophy or medal) · ky сыйлык (trophy or medal) · hu díj (trophy or medal) · sv pris (trophy or medal) · da pris (trophy or medal) · yi פּריז (trophy or medal) · ml പുരസ്കാരം (trophy or medal) · ca medalla (trophy or medal) · tk baýrak (trophy or medal) · sh nȃgrada (trophy or medal) · nl beloning (trophy or medal) · sk cena (trophy or medal) · it sentenza (decision of arbitrators) · el βραβείο (trophy or medal) · cs ocenění (trophy or medal) · uk приз (trophy or medal) · be прыз (trophy or medal) · tg мукофот (trophy or medal) · bg награ́да (trophy or medal) · ur نِشان (trophy or medal) · tr ödül (trophy or medal) · fr médaille (trophy or medal) · fi päätös (decision of arbitrators) · he פְּרָס (trophy or medal) · kk марапат (trophy or medal) · es galardón (trophy or medal) · el έπαθλο (trophy or medal) · fa-ira جایِزِه (trophy or medal) · ro medalie (trophy or medal) · it onorificenza (trophy or medal) · it medaglia (trophy or medal) · cs odměna (trophy or medal) · tg инъом (trophy or medal) · ca guardó (trophy or medal) · te తీర్పు (decision of arbitrators) · ja 表彰 (trophy or medal) · vi phần thưởng (trophy or medal) · uk пре́мія (trophy or medal) · be прэ́мія (trophy or medal) · ro trofeu (trophy or medal) · sh на̑града (trophy or medal) · sl nagrada (trophy or medal) · ug مۇكاپات (trophy or medal) · ja アワード (trophy or medal) · ru пре́мия (trophy or medal) · be нагаро́да (trophy or medal) · ko 표창 (trophy or medal) · cmn 獎賞 /奖赏 (trophy or medal) · cmn 獎勵 /奖励 (trophy or medal) · my ဆု (trophy or medal) · fa-ira اِنْعام (trophy or medal) · bg реше́ние (decision of arbitrators) · shn သူး (trophy or medal) · bg отсъ́ждане (decision of arbitrators) · hy պարգև (trophy or medal) · hi निशान (trophy or medal) · fa-ira نِشان (trophy or medal) · da udmærkelse (trophy or medal) · it riconoscimento (trophy or medal) · ja(trophy or medal) · ca premi (trophy or medal) · th รางวัล (trophy or medal) · nb utmerkelse (trophy or medal) · ms anugerah (trophy or medal) · ja 賞品 (trophy or medal) · mr पुरस्कार (trophy or medal) · cs cena (trophy or medal) · de Belohnung (trophy or medal) · pl nagroda (trophy or medal) · et aumärk (trophy or medal) · fa-ira مُکافات (trophy or medal) · pt sentença (decision of arbitrators) · ru присужде́ние (decision of arbitrators) · ga gradam (trophy or medal) · ur جائِزَہ (trophy or medal) · tg ҷоиза (trophy or medal) · ru награ́да (trophy or medal) · pt prêmio (trophy or medal) · lo ລາງວັນ (trophy or medal) · uk нагоро́да (trophy or medal) · it premio (trophy or medal) · hi पुरस्कार (trophy or medal) · fr trophée (trophy or medal) · vi giải thưởng (trophy or medal) · sk odmena (trophy or medal) · ru приз (trophy or medal) · yi פּרעמיע (trophy or medal) · uk винагоро́да (trophy or medal) · ru реше́ние (decision of arbitrators) · pt prémio (trophy or medal) · it trofeo (trophy or medal) · eo premio (trophy or medal) · ka ჯილდო (trophy or medal) · arz جايزة (trophy or medal) · es premio (trophy or medal) · arz قرار (decision of arbitrators) · pl odznaczenie (trophy or medal) · cu вравиꙗ (trophy or medal) · te పురస్కారం (trophy or medal) · mk награда (trophy or medal) · ur اِنْعام (trophy or medal) · ar مُكَافَأَة (trophy or medal) · ca trofeu (trophy or medal) · sq dhënie (trophy or medal) · uz nishon (trophy or medal) · fi palkinto (trophy or medal) · tr mükâfat (trophy or medal) · fr prix (trophy or medal)

award en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /əˈwɔːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /əˈwɔɹd/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From Middle English awarden, from Anglo-Norman awarder, from Medieval Latin *exwardare, from Latin ex (“out”) + Medieval Latin wardare, guardare (“to observe, regard, guard”); see ward, guard, regard.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
    • To assert its control, Vietnam has since established Spratly Island as a township in Truòng Sa district, organized local elections and tours in the Spratlys, and has continued to award oil exploration contracts. 2013 December, Clarence J. Bouchat, Dangerous Ground: the Spratly Islands and U.S. Interests and Approaches, U.S. Army War College, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 33:
  2. (transitive) To give (an award).
    • He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
    • Four or five of these medals are awarded every year.
  3. (transitive) To give (a person) an award.
    • He was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Literature.
  4. (transitive) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.
    • The arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.
    • Power to award compensation 2012, Legislative Council of Hong Kong, “Pyramid Schemes Prohibition Ordinance (Cap. 617), section 7, section header”, in Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette, page A1381:
    • To review / The wrongful sentence, and award a new. 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
    • A Texas jury on Thursday awarded the parents of a child killed in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School more than $4 million in compensatory damages from the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, […] 2022 August 4, Elizabeth Williamson, “Jurors Award Sandy Hook Parents $4 Million in Damages”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
  5. (UK, transitive) (in an examination) To give marks for a correct answer.
    • Do not award marks for data from previous questions.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
awarding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
awards Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
awarded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
awarded Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

reaward · unawarded · awardment · awardee · unaward · awarding · misaward · awardable · awarder

Synonyms

bestow · adjudge · laurel · crown

Translations (48)

pt premiar (to make an award) · el απονέμω (to make an award) · it premiare (to make an award) · pl nagrodzić (give an award/prize for merit) · ml സമ്മാനിക്കുക (give an award/prize for merit) · it premiare (give an award/prize for merit) · mr पुरस्कार (to make an award) · vi trao giải (to give by judicial determination) · la addīcō (to make an award) · az təltif etmək (give an award/prize for merit) · it sentenziare (to give by judicial determination) · ca premiar (to make an award) · ro premia (to make an award) · da uddele (give an award/prize for merit) · mi whakawhiwhi (give an award/prize for merit) · fi palkita (give an award/prize for merit) · el επιδικάζω (to give by judicial determination) · fi määrätä (to give by judicial determination) · es galardonar (to make an award) · vi trao giải (give an award/prize for merit) · pt conceder (to give by judicial determination) · fr décerner (to give by judicial determination) · it aggiudicare (give an award/prize for merit) · es fallar (to give by judicial determination) · sw tunukia (give an award/prize for merit) · kmr xelat (to make an award) · fi myöntää (give an award/prize for merit) · pt premiar (give an award/prize for merit) · ca sentenciar (to give by judicial determination) · bg присъждам (to give by judicial determination) · ro decide (to make an award) · ca guardonar (to make an award) · hi पुरस्कृत करना (give an award/prize for merit) · qu quriy (to make an award) · nb utdele (give an award/prize for merit) · eo premii (give an award/prize for merit) · fr accorder (to give by judicial determination) · fi palkita (to make an award) · es premiar (give an award/prize for merit) · pl nagradzać (give an award/prize for merit) · sv dela ut (give an award/prize for merit) · ca fallar (to give by judicial determination) · es laudar (to give by judicial determination) · ca decretar (to give by judicial determination) · es premiar (to make an award) · pt contemplar (to make an award) · ml പുരസ്കാരം നൽകുക (give an award/prize for merit) · bg награждавам (to make an award)