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Pronunciation: US [əˈwɔrd] UK [əˈwɔː(r)d]

n.Awards; award; award; scholarships
v.Awards; award; award
WebAwards; award; award

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Definitions in English

v.

1.

to give someone a prize or other reward because they have achieved something

2.

to officially give someone an amount of money so that they are able to do something; to officially give someone a contract; to make a legal decision to give someone an amount of money, for example because they have been injured

3.

to make a legal decision to give someone the right to do something, for example to care for a child

n.

1.

a prize or other reward that is given to someone who has achieved something

2.

an amount of money or a judgment given by a court of law; an amount of money that the government or another organization gives to someone so that they are able to do something

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Example Sentences

A pound of that same merchant's flesh is thine, The court awards it and the law doth give it.
Source: Merchant of Venice,Shakespeare
A Court of Discipline, which awarded him two years imprisonment and fifty lashes.
Source: G. B. Shaw
For his thesis on Dust Inhalation, he had been awarded his MD.
Source: A. J. Cronin

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