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prize
English
Etymology 1
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 prendere (“to take, seize”); see prehend. Compare prison, apprise, comprise, enterprise, purprise, reprisal, surprise, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?a?z/
- Rhymes: -a?z
- Homophones: pries, prise
Noun
prize (plural prizes)
- That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 4, Canto 4, p. 54,[1]
- […] wherefore he now begunne
- To challenge her anew, as his owne prize,
- Whom formerly he had in battell wonne,
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 4, Canto 4, p. 54,[1]
- (military, nautical) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
- An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
- 1676, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe, London: Henry Herringman, Act 5, p. 73,[2]
- I fought and conquer’d, yet have lost the prize.
- 1676, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe, London: Henry Herringman, Act 5, p. 73,[2]
- That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
- 1928, Weston Jarvis, Jottings from an Active Life, London: Heath Cranton, p. 256,[3]
- Cecil Rhodes […] was never tired of impressing upon one that the fact of being an Englishman was “the greatest prize in the lottery of life,” and that it was that thought which always sustained him when he was troubled.
- 1928, Weston Jarvis, Jottings from an Active Life, London: Heath Cranton, p. 256,[3]
- Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Philippians 3.14,[4]
- I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Philippians 3.14,[4]
- (obsolete) A contest for a reward; competition.
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene 2,[5]
- Like one of two contending in a prize,
- That thinks he hath done well in people's eyes […]
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene 2,[5]
- A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
- Synonym: prise
Usage notes
Do not confuse with price.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- prise
- price
Etymology 2
From Middle English prysen, borrowed from Old French priser (“to set a price or value on, esteem, value”), from pris (“price”), from Latin pretium (“price, value”), whence price; see also praise, a doublet. Compare appraise, apprize.
Verb
prize (third-person singular simple present prizes, present participle prizing, simple past and past participle prized)
- To consider highly valuable; to esteem.
- c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III, Scene 1,[6]
- […] I
- Beyond all limit of what else i’ the world
- Do love, prize, honour you.
- 1676, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe, London: Henry Herringman, Act V, p. 83,[7]
- I pris’d your Person, but your Crown disdain.
- 2013, J. M. Coetzee, The Childhood of Jesus, London: Harvill Secker, Chapter 20, p. 167,[8]
- ‘ […] An old broken cup has no value. No one prizes it.’
- ‘I prize it. It’s my museum, not yours.’
- c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III, Scene 1,[6]
- (obsolete) To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
- c. 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, Act III, Scene 2,[9]
- […] no life,
- I prize it not a straw, but for mine honour,
- 1611 King James Version of the Bible, Zechariah 11.13,[10]
- […] a goodly price that I was prized at.
- c. 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, Act III, Scene 2,[9]
- To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
- (obsolete) To compete in a prizefight.
Derived terms
- foreprize
- outprize
- overprize
- prizable
- prizer
- underprize
- unprizable
- unprized
Translations
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
prize (not comparable)
- Having won a prize; award-winning.
- a prize vegetable
- first-rate; exceptional
- He was a prize fool.
Etymology 4
Alternative forms.
Noun
prize (plural prizes)
- Obsolete form of price. [16th–19th c.]
- 1777, Joshua Reynolds, in John Ingamells, John Edgcumbe (eds.), The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Yale 2000, p. 69:
- My prizes – for a head is thirty five Guineas – As far as the Knees seventy – and for a whole-length one hundred and fifty.
- 1777, Joshua Reynolds, in John Ingamells, John Edgcumbe (eds.), The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Yale 2000, p. 69:
Further reading
- prize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- prize in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- pizer, rezip
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number
English
Alternative forms
- nummer (dialectal)
- numbre (obsolete)
Etymology 1
From Middle English number, nombre, numbre, noumbre, from Anglo-Norman noumbre, Old French nombre, from Latin numerus (“number”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to divide”). Compare Saterland Frisian Nummer, Nuumer, West Frisian nûmer, Dutch nummer (“number”), German Nummer (“number”), Danish nummer (“number”), Swedish nummer (“number”), Icelandic númer (“number”). Replaced Middle English ?etæl and rime, more at tell, tale and rhyme.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: n?m?b?r, IPA(key): /?n?mb?/
- (General American) enPR: n?m?b?r, IPA(key): /?n?mb?/
- Rhymes: -?mb?(?)
- Hyphenation: num?ber
Noun
number (plural numbers)
- (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
- (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
- Synonyms: scalar, (obsolete) rime
- (countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.
- (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or ?). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.
- Quantity.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates
- Number itself importeth not much in armies where the people are of weak courage.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates
- A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
- (countable, informal) A telephone number.
- 2001, E. Forrest Hein, The Ruach Project, Xulon Press, page 86:
- “[...] I wonder if you could get hold of him and have him call me here at Interior. I’m in my office, do you have my number?”
- 2007, Lindsey Nicole Isham, No Sex in the City: One Virgin's Confessions on Love, Lust, Dating, and Waiting, Kregel Publications, page 111:
- When I agreed to go surfing with him he said, “Great, can I have your number?” Well, I don’t give my number to guys I don’t know.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Marsha's work number is 555-8986.
- Marsha's work number is 555-8986.
- 2001, E. Forrest Hein, The Ruach Project, Xulon Press, page 86:
- (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
- Synonym: numeral
- (now rare, in the plural) Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.
- (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
- (countable, informal) A person.
- 1968, Janet Burroway, The dancer from the dance: a novel, Little, Brown, page 40:
- I laughed. "Don't doubt that. She's a saucy little number."
- 1988, Erica Jong, Serenissima, Dell, page 214:
- "Signorina Jessica," says the maid, a saucy little number, "your father has gone to his prayers and demands that you come to the synagogue at once [...]"
- 2005, Denise A. Agnew, Kate Hill & Arianna Hart, By Honor Bound, Ellora's Cave Publishing, page 207:
- He had to focus on the mission, staying alive and getting out, not on the sexy number rubbing up against him.
- 1968, Janet Burroway, The dancer from the dance: a novel, Little, Brown, page 40:
- (countable, informal) An item of clothing, particularly a stylish one.
- 2007, Cesca Martin, Agony Angel: So You Think You've Got Problems..., Troubador Publishing Ltd, page 134:
- The trouble was I was wearing my backless glittering number from the night before underneath, so unless I could persuade the office it was National Fancy Dress Day I was doomed to sweat profusely in bottle blue.
- 2007, Lorelei James, Running with the Devil, Samhain Publishing, Ltd, page 46:
- "I doubt the sexy number you wore earlier tonight fell from the sky."
- 2007, Cesca Martin, Agony Angel: So You Think You've Got Problems..., Troubador Publishing Ltd, page 134:
- (slang, chiefly US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought form a dealer.
- 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage 2010, page 12:
- Back at his place again, Doc rolled a number, put on a late movie, found an old T-shirt, and sat tearing it up into short strips […]
- 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage 2010, page 12:
- (dated) An issue of a periodical publication.
- the latest number of a magazine
- A large amount, in contrast to a smaller amount; numerical preponderance.
- 1980, May 10, Al King "Braves travel to New England with reputation", The Indiana Gazette
- Despite last week's woes, the Braves still sport numbers that would make Christie Brinkley blush.
- 1980, May 10, Al King "Braves travel to New England with reputation", The Indiana Gazette
- (informal, always indefinite) A large amount of damage
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
Verb
number (third-person singular simple present numbers, present participle numbering, simple past and past participle numbered)
- (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
- Number the baskets so that we can find them easily.
- (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.
- I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands.
See also
- (grammatical numbers): singular, dual, trial, quadral, paucal, plural
References
- number on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Derived terms
- number among
Translations
See also
- Wiktionary’s Appendix of numbers
Etymology 2
From numb + -er.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: n?m'?, IPA(key): /?n?m?/
- (US): enPR: n?m'?r, IPA(key): /?n?m?/
- Hyphenation: num?ber
Adjective
number
- comparative form of numb: more numb
Anagrams
- numbre, renumb
Estonian
Etymology
From German Nummer. The added -b- is analoguous to kamber and klamber.
Noun
number (genitive numbri, partitive numbrit)
- number
Declension
Middle English
Noun
number
- Alternative form of nombre
Papiamentu
Etymology
From English number.
An analogy of the Papiamentu word nòmber "name".
Noun
number
- number
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