award
Meaning of award
- give or order the giving of (something) as an official payment, compensation, or prize to (someone).
he was awarded the Military Cross
a 3.5 per cent pay rise was awarded to staff
- a prize or other mark of recognition given in honour of an achievement.
the company's annual award for high-quality service
late Middle English (in the sense ‘issue a judicial decision’, also denoting the decision itself): from Anglo-Norman French awarder, variant of Old French esguarder ‘consider, ordain’, from es- (from Latin ex ‘thoroughly’) + guarder ‘watch (over)’, based on a word of Germanic origin related to ward; compare with guard.
Information about award
- The plural form of award is: awards.
- Languages in which award is used:
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Hyphenation of award
award
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- award is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
award synonyms
Meaning awarding:
Meaning accolade:
Meaning prize:
Meaning present:
Meaning grant:
Meaning freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone):
Meaning give or grant someone (power, status, or recognition):
Meaning allocate (a job or duty):
Meaning divide up and share out:
Meaning give or apportion (something) to someone:
Meaning distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose:
Meaning let (someone) have or do something:
Meaning a cup or other decorative object awarded as a prize for a victory or success:
Meaning a metal disc typically of the size of a large coin and bearing an inscription or design, made to commemorate an event or awarded as a distinction to someone such as a soldier or athlete:
Meaning a thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement:
Meaning a medal or award conferred as an honour:
Meaning a metal disc with a turned rim, giving a resonant note when struck:
Translation of award
- Italian: premio, distinzione, onoranza, onorificienza, premiare, aggiudicazione, assegnare, conferire, attribuire
- Spanish: galardón, condecoración, condecorar, honrar, galardonar, adjudicar, distinguir, premiar, laurear, homenajear, adjudicación, asignar, atribuir, conferir, otorgar
- German: Auszeichnung, auszeichnen, belohnen, zuerkennen
- Portuguese: adjudicação, entregar
- French: adjudication, attribuer, conférer
Anagrams of award
Words that rhyme with award
Ward, ward, Americaward, Laward, misaward, proaward, reaward, seaward, superaward, thraward, vaward, arcticward, Edward, Godward, Windward, Woodward, adward, amidward, bedward, childward, cloudward, edward, fieldward, godward, groundward, headward, hindward, hoardward, landward, midlandward, midward, redward, strandward, weirdward, windward, woodward, worldward, yondward, Europeward, Eward, Hereward, Leeward, Romeward, Seward, Steward, aforeward, archsteward, battleward, bridgeward, castleward