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consolation prizes

consolation prizes is the plural of consolation prize.

Meaning of consolation prize

Noun

consolation prize (plural consolation prizes)

  1. An award or small item given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show.
    • The row started over who will run for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP. Dati is already a local mayor in the neighbourhood, a job felt to have been handed to her on a plate when she was a Sarkozy favourite. She has since...2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian

Questions about consolation prizes

What is consolation prizes the plural of?
Consolation prizes is the plural of consolation prize.

Words near consolation prizes in the dictionary

  1. consolation final
  2. consolation finals
  3. consolation goal
  4. consolation goals
  5. consolation prize
  6. consolation prizes
  7. consolational
  8. consolationes
  9. consolations
  10. consolator
  11. consolatories

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