The noun award refers to a prize of some kind that indicates you’ve done well and achieved an honor. The verb form of award describes giving out one of these honors. So your teacher may award you the Math Genius award.
To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge;
Noun
a grant made by a law court; "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court"
Noun
a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery"
Noun
something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery; "the prize was a free trip to Europe"
Verb
give, especially as a reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation"
Verb
give on the basis of merit; "Funds are granted to qualified researchers"
Verb
bestow an honor upon
v. t.
To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign
or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to
adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.
v. i.
To determine; to make an award.
v. t.
A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically:
The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
v. t.
The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that
which is warded.
Award
To review The wrongful sentence, and award a new.
Award
Award
An award had been given against.2.
To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge;
To determine; to make an ~.
A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
Usage Examples
I never knew I'd be in a musical, let alone win an award for one.
I'd said to my sweetheart a couple of days before that the SAG and Spirit Award nomination was amazing and I had no attachment to the Academy Award. I knew I was an underdog so I just decided to sleep through the announcement.
Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.
I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
Some people work hard in this business and become really popular, really big stars but they never receive an award from within the business. Somehow, when your colleagues and friends believe in you to the point of handing you an award it means so much more.
I've never won an award for anything, and I think it's weird. I mean, that's really cool but it's strange to think you could get an award for acting. I always thought that was strange.
An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of.
I feel like if I won an award and I was giving my speech and the music started, that's all I'd remember, the humiliation I felt when the music started. It would mar the entire experience for me.
It's funny that it all becomes about clothes. It's bizarre. You work your butt off and then you win an award and it's all about your dress. You can't get away from it.
When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and practical about my old obsessions, including literacy, basic health care and gender equity, aimed specifically at India and Bangladesh.
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Other Usage ExamplesI never make a movie for awards consideration. I will use the hope of getting an Academy Award a) to honor the people who work so hard and also b) it's the greatest Good Housekeeping seal in the world. It's the greatest brand. It's as good as Louis Vuitton and Dior in the world of moviemaking. It's the Super Bowl.
Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.
Awards were made in Hollywood, in whatever the time it was created. They're to promote each other's movies. You give me an award, I give you an award and people will believe that we are great movies and they'll go to see them. It's still the same.
The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself.
I cannot think of anything more difficult than to say something which would be worthy of this impressive and, for me, memorable occasion, and of the ideals and purposes which inspired the Nobel Peace Award.
Some Marines made fun of the fact that I had done plays and studied poetry, but then I won the award for physical training.
Wearing a tuxedo isn't as simple as it sounds. I've been to a lot of award shows in Hollywood over the years and have seen some pretty sad tuxes. It's surprisingly easy to go off the rails.
I think the thing's that perhaps sad really is that younger people haven't come in and I think it must have been absolutely fantastic to have worked in the 50's when you had all of the great Broadway composers and when West Side Story didn't win the Tony Award.
Actually, I always dreamed about getting a gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle in Olympic swimming. I always thought that would be the epic award in sports to get.
I don't want to see people decorating a house or digging a garden. As for guys like Jonathan Ross, he got an award there last Christmas. What for? He doesn't sing, dance or tell jokes, does he?
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