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Definitions

prize

[prahyz] / praɪz /






Usage

What are other ways to say prize? To prize is to value highly and cherish. To appreciate is to exercise wise judgment, delicate perception, and keen insight in realizing the worth of something. To esteem is to feel respect combined with a warm, kindly feeling. To value is to attach importance to a thing because of its worth (material or otherwise). 

Example Sentences

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Despite all their team silverware, players value the prize as a huge honour.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

When it premiered at last year’s South by Southwest Film & TV Festival, “Fantasy Life” garnered a special jury prize for Peet’s performance and an audience award.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Fusion, the reaction that powers the sun, has long been considered the ultimate clean-energy prize: potentially limitless electricity without greenhouse gases or radioactive waste.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

If this were a contest, NordVPN would take the prize for speed.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Its grand prize is a rainbow sunfish, and as far as giant stuffed animals go, it’s one of the nicest.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam