award

UK/əˈwɔːd//əˈwɔɹd/

award noun: a judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.

Noun

award (plural awards)

A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
- Citing the damages that Ms. Lewis and Mr. Heslin had requested, Mr. Jones called the award a “major victory” in a video posted on Infowars on Thursday night, even as he urged viewers to buy products from his website to stave off what he portrayed as financial ruin.2022 August 4, Elizabeth Williamson, “Jurors Award Sandy Hook Parents $4 Million in Damages”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Synonyms:

conclusion, decision, verdict, censure, choice, opinion, deduction, determination, ergotism, illation
The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
Funding that has been granted for the conduct of a research project.
A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
(Australia, New Zealand, industrial relations) A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
- The AMIEU^([Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union]) first developed into a powerful organisation in the early years of the twentieth century, and after the first industry-wide collective agreement was made in 1911, collective bargaining prevailed in the industry until 1917, when the employers...1970, Kenneth Frederick Walker, Australian Industrial Relations Systems, page 242
- A further 17 per cent responded that the agreement replaced ‘most’ aspects of the award, leaving the large majority (67 per cent) claiming that the agreement replaced only ‘some’ aspects of the award.2000, Mark Wooden, The Transformation of Australian Industrial Relations, page 42

Verb

award (third-person singular simple present awards, present participle awarding, simple past and past participle awarded)

(intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
- To assert its control, Vietnam has since established Spratly Island as a township in Truòng Sa district, organized local elections and tours in the Spratlys, and has continued to award oil exploration contracts.2013 December, Clarence J. Bouchat, Dangerous Ground: the Spratly Islands and U.S. Interests and Approaches, U.S. Army War College, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 33
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crown
(transitive) To give (an award).
- Four or five of these medals are awarded every year.
- He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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bestow
(transitive) To give (a person) an award.
- He was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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laurel
(transitive) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.
- The arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.
- To review / The wrongful sentence, and award a new.1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
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adjudge
(UK, transitive) (in an examination) To give marks for a correct answer.
- Do not award marks for data from previous questions.

award meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

award in Hindi

trophy or medal: पुरस्कार puraskār, निशान niśān
give an award/prize for merit: पुरस्कृत करना puraskŕt karnā

award in Tamil

விருது, தீர்வு, நடுநிலைத்தீர்ப்பு, நடுவர்களின் கடையான முடிவு, கொடுக்கப்பட்ட பொருள், பரிசு

award in Marathi

trophy or medal: पुरस्कार puraskār
to make an award: पुरस्कार puraskār

award in Urdu

trophy or medal: اِنْعام in'ām, نِشان niśān, جائِزَہ jāiza

More languagesFewer languages

award in Bengali: দান dan
award in Telugu: తీర్పు tīrpu, పురస్కారం puraskāraṁ
award in Malayalam: പുരസ്കാരം puraskāraṁ, സമ്മാനിക്കുക sammānikkuka, പുരസ്കാരം നൽകുക puraskāraṁ nalkuka
award in Kannada: ಕೊಡು, ಮೆಚ್ಚು
award in Punjabi: ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ
award in Gujarati: એવોર્ડ, પુરસ્કાર
award in Nepali: पुरस्कार, अवार्ड
award in Arabic: قَرَار qarār, جَائِزَة jāʔiza, مُكَافَأَة mukāfaʔa
award in Malay: anugerah
award in Thai: รางวัล raang-wan
award in Vietnamese: giải thưởng, phần thưởng, trao giải
award in Myanmar: ဆု hcu.

Examples of award in a sentence

The first award was issued on March 12, 1918.1970, Kenneth Frederick Walker, Australian Industrial Relations Systems, page 242:
Employees whose pay is set by ‘award only’ are those who have their pay set by an award, and who are not paid more than the award rate of pay.2007, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2007 Year book, Australia, page 182:

All 40 example sentences with award

Synonyms of award

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judgement/judgment
mind
result
sight
take
view
crown
bestow
laurel
adjudge
censure

All synonyms of award

Forms of award

Noun
plural	awards
Verb
third-person singular present	awards
present participle	awarding
past participle	awarded
past	awarded

Past tense of award: awarded

Plural of award: awards

Origin of award

From Middle English awarden, from Anglo-Norman awarder, from Medieval Latin *exwardare, from Latin ex (“out”) + Medieval Latin wardare, guardare (“to observe, regard, guard”); see ward, guard, regard.

Words formed from award

Phrases with award

Words that rhyme with award

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Questions about award

What does award mean?: Award means a judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
What is award in Hindi?: Award in Hindi is पुरस्कार (puraskār), निशान (niśān), पुरस्कृत करना (puraskŕt karnā). See Award meaning in Hindi.
How do you use award in a sentence?: The first award was issued on March 12, 1918.
What part of speech is award?: Award can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce award?: Award is pronounced /əˈwɔːd/ (UK).
What is the plural of award?: The plural of award is awards.

Words near award in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: award (page history and authors); award (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); দান (Bengali) (page history and authors); award (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); award (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); award (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); award (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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