awarding
awarding is the present participle and gerund of award.
Noun
awarding (plural awardings)
- The act of bestowing an award.
- Printed programs for solemn events such as church services, commencements, funerals and memorial services, dedications, and awardings of social recognition of one sort or another often list genres of talk […]2003, Arthur C. Graesser, Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Susan R. Goldman, Handbook of Discourse Processes
- The act of giving by official decision such as giving a contract.
Meaning of award
Verb
award (third-person singular simple present awards, present participle awarding, simple past and past participle awarded)
- 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
- To give (an award).
- Four or five of these medals are awarded every year.
- Synonyms:
- bestow
- To give (a person) an award.
- He was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- Synonyms:
- laurel
- 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
- (in an examination) To give marks for a correct answer.
- Do not award marks for data from previous questions.
Forms of awarding
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Words formed from awarding
Questions about awarding
- What does awarding mean?
- Awarding means the act of bestowing an award.
- What is awarding the present participle and gerund of?
- Awarding is the present participle and gerund of award.
- What part of speech is awarding?
- Awarding is a noun.
- What is the plural of awarding?
- The plural of awarding is awardings.
Words near awarding in the dictionary
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