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prise — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • celebrate verb To mark a special event or achievement with enjoyment, often through some kind of gathering or ritual.
  • prize noun An award given to the winner of a competition, contest, or lottery.

Senses

prise is used for these senses in English:

  • celebrate (transitive) To extol or honour in a solemn manner.
  • prize (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.

celebrate — full definition

  1. verb To mark a special event or achievement with enjoyment, often through some kind of gathering or ritual.
  2. verb To honour someone or something publicly, often through a formal or ceremonial act.

prize — full definition

  1. noun An award given to the winner of a competition, contest, or lottery.
  2. noun Anything highly valued or worth striving for.
  3. verb To value something very highly.
  4. adj Having won an award; outstanding of its kind.

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