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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)

  1. (transitive) To give a reward to or for.
    • Why are you rewarding the child for misbehaving?
  2. (transitive) To be a recompense for.
    • Decorations are meant to reward the most meritous acts and services.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) 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

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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

  1. reward systems
  2. rewardability
  3. rewardable
  4. rewardableness
  5. rewardably
  6. rewarded
  7. rewardedly
  8. rewardedness
  9. rewardee
  10. rewardees
  11. rewarder

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