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awarded

awarded is the simple past and past participle of award.

Meaning of award

Verb

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

  1. (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
    Synonyms:
    crown
  2. (transitive) To give (an award).
    • Four or five of these medals are awarded every year.
    Synonyms:
    bestow
  3. (transitive) To give (a person) an award.
    • He was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Literature.
    Synonyms:
    laurel
  4. (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.
    Synonyms:
    adjudge
  5. (UK, transitive) (in an examination) To give marks for a correct answer.
    • Do not award marks for data from previous questions.

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Questions about awarded

What is awarded the simple past and past participle of?
Awarded is the simple past and past participle of award.

Words near awarded in the dictionary

  1. award
  2. award ceremonies
  3. award ceremony
  4. award-winning
  5. awardable
  6. awarded
  7. awardee
  8. awardees
  9. awarder
  10. awarders
  11. awardest

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