awarded; awarding; awards
1
: to confer or bestow as being deserved or merited or needed
award scholarships to disadvantaged students
2
: to give by judicial decree or after careful consideration
The jury awarded damages to the defendant.
award a contract
1
: something that is conferred or bestowed especially on the basis of merit or need
a film that has won several awards
2
a
: a judgment or final decision
especially
: the decision of arbitrators in a case submitted to them
b
: the document containing the decision of arbitrators
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Verb
The judges will award a prize to the best speaker.
The winner was awarded a gold medal.
A prize will be awarded to the student who sells the most tickets.
The jury awarded damages to the defendant.
The company is awarding the contract to the lowest bidder.
He was awarded a patent for his invention.
Noun
Will the film win any awards at the festival?
She has won numerous awards for her books.
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Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Moss and Freeman sued for defamation, and in December, a Washington, D.C., jury awarded them $148 million.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
For achieving such a broad impact on the computing world, the 2024 Apple Mac mini with M4 Pro earns a hearty Editors’ Choice award for small-form-factor desktops.
—PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Verb
But on October 9, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, alongside DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis, for their creation of AlphaFold, an AI model that predicts the structure of proteins, the building blocks of biology, based on their chemical sequence.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Moss and Freeman sued for defamation, and in December, a Washington, D.C., jury awarded them $148 million.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
Simply by virtue of being an HBO drama with good viewership numbers, The Penguin is at least going to be in the awards conversation.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
For achieving such a broad impact on the computing world, the 2024 Apple Mac mini with M4 Pro earns a hearty Editors’ Choice award for small-form-factor desktops.
—PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Award.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/award. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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award
1 of 2 verb1
: to give by court decision (as after a lawsuit)
award damages
2
: to give or grant as a reward
award a prize to the best speaker
award
2 of 2 noun
: something (as a prize) that is awarded
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