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premiate

premiate verb: to give a prize to.

Verb

premiate (third-person singular simple present premiates, present participle premiating, simple past and past participle premiated)

  1. (transitive) To give a prize to.
    • Inevitably, a jury numbed by a succession of slides premiates some designs because they are "interesting" or "different."1990, Landscape Architecture, volume 80, page 170

Forms of premiate

third-person singular presentpremiates
present participlepremiating
past participlepremiated
pastpremiated

Origin of premiate

From premium or Latin praemium (“prize”).

Questions about premiate

What does premiate mean?
Premiate means to give a prize to.
What part of speech is premiate?
Premiate is a verb.
What is the past tense of premiate?
The past tense of premiate is premiated.

Words near premiate in the dictionary

  1. premetro
  2. premetros
  3. premia
  4. premial
  5. premiant
  6. premiate
  7. premiated
  8. premiates
  9. premiating
  10. premiation
  11. premice

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