prize

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A reward given to the winner of a contest, competition, or lottery.

   She won first prize in the painting competition.

2. 2
   noun

   Something valuable that you want to win or achieve.

   For him, the championship title was the ultimate prize.

3. 3
   verb

   To value something very highly.

   He prizes the watch his grandfather gave him.

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Simplified etymology

Prize developed from medieval Old French pris, which could mean “price,” “prize,” or “praise” and came from a Latin word meaning “price.” Originally an alternative spelling of price, prize became a separate word as the three meanings split into distinct English words.

From Middle English prise, from Old French prise (“a taking, capture, a seizure, a thing seized, a prize, booty, also hold, purchase”), past participle of prendre (“to take, to capture”), from Latin prēndere (“to take, seize”); see prehend. Compare prison, apprise, comprise, enterprise, purprise, reprisal, surprise, etc. Doublet of prise.

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