prize: translation
•Roman•
I.•/Roman•
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big, great, prestigious
▪ fabulous
▪ special
▪ ultimate
▪ The presidency is the ultimate prize.
▪ coveted
▪ She was the first woman to win this coveted prize.
▪ glittering (esp. BrE)
▪ He strove for the glittering prizes of politics.
▪ first, first-place (AmE), grand, top
▪ runner-up (esp.BrE), second
▪ consolation
▪ booby
▪ The booby prize was awarded to the worst singer in the competition.
▪ cash, monetary (esp. AmE), money (esp. BrE)
▪ $1-million, etc.
▪ raffle
VERB + PRIZE
▪ award (sb), give (sb)
▪ offer
▪ present
▪ The prize was presented by the mayor.
▪ capture, claim, collect, get, receive, take, win
▪ accept
▪ share
▪ De Klerk shared the peace prize with Nelson Mandela in 1993.
PRIZE + VERB
▪ go to sb/sth
▪ The prize went to the long-haired cat.
▪ be worth sth, total sth
▪ a prize worth over $3 000
PRIZE + NOUN
▪ winner (usually prizewinner)
▪ money
▪ competition, draw (BrE)
PREPOSITION
▪ prize for
▪ He won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
▪ prize in
▪ prizes in chemistry, physics and medicine
•Roman•
II.•/Roman•
verb
PREPOSITION
▪ above
▪ a precious thing to be prized above all else
▪ as
▪ The library is prized as the finest of its kind in England.
▪ for
▪ The berries are prized for their healing properties.
PHRASES
▪ highly prized, much prized
▪ two fruits that are much prized on the island
•Roman•
III.•/Roman•
adj.
Prize is used with these nouns: ↑asset, ↑specimen