award

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/əˈwɔːd/]

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1. award (noun) — sense 1

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

Example: 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.

2. award (noun) — sense 2

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

3. award (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Funding that has been granted for the conduct of a research project.

4. award (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To determine; to make or grant an award.

Example: 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.

5. award (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To give (an award).

Example: Four or five of these medals are awarded every year.

6. award (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To give (a person) an award.

Example: He was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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