rewarded
Syllables: re·ward·edUK/ɹɪˈwɔːdɪd//ɹɪˈwɔɹdɪd/
rewarded is the simple past and past participle of reward.
Meaning of reward
Verb
reward (third-person singular simple present rewards, present participle rewarding, simple past and past participle rewarded)
- To give a reward to or for.
- Why are you rewarding the child for misbehaving?
- To be a recompense for.
- Decorations are meant to reward the most meritous acts and services.
- To give (something) as a reward.
- Thenne syr Marhaus departed and within two dayes his damoysel brought hym where as was a grete tornement that the lady de Vawse has cryed
[…]
And there syr Marhaus dyd so nobly that he was renomed
& had somtyme doune fourty knyghtes
and soo the serklet of gold was rewarded hym1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxvj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV
- Thenne syr Marhaus departed and within two dayes his damoysel brought hym where as was a grete tornement that the lady de Vawse has cryed
Words that rhyme with rewarded
Questions about rewarded
- What is rewarded the simple past and past participle of?
- Rewarded is the simple past and past participle of reward.
- How do you pronounce rewarded?
- Rewarded is pronounced /ɹɪˈwɔɹdɪd/ (US).
Words near rewarded in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rewarded (page history and authors); reward (page history and authors). 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.
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