(transitive) To give (an award).
Used in a Sentence
awarded
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for awarded.
Editorial note
This is obviously not feasible, given that these grants are being awarded for little more than an idea.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(transitive) To give (an award).
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of awarded gathered in one view.
(transitive) To give (a person) an award.
(intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for awarded.
verb
(transitive) To give (an award).
verb
(transitive) To give (a person) an award.
verb
(intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
verb
(transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.
Example sentences
This is obviously not feasible, given that these grants are being awarded for little more than an idea.
The prizes won't be higher if they're given to international teams; they just might be awarded earlier.
It's supposedly anonymous, but it can't be anonymous to the professor, can it, or how would the points be awarded?
Group B gets peer reviewed and the top half of proposals gets put into a lottery and awarded at random.
Not that it matters and it was already said elsewhere, but peer bonus can be awarded only once for one thing.
It's not clear to me whether a first PB was even awarded (not counting the vaguely worded one that came later).
Also, it's not a real Nobel[3] - it's a later addition (although it is awarded by the same committee at the same ceremony).
Daniel Kahneman, the only non-economist to be awarded the Nobel Prize in economics.
Conversely, in this situation nobody benefits from everyone being awarded two additional points.
You have to prove damages to be awarded anything in a civil court.
Group A gets peer reviewed and awarded the way the current system works.
If, on the other hand, there were free competition among construction companies, they would all strive to do their best so that they would be awarded more gigs in the future.
Quote examples
Promotion to "completely trusted lieutenant" is only awarded posthumously.
"This is obviously not feasible, given that these grants are being awarded for little more than an idea." A patent is an idea, sometimes worth nothing and sometimes worth 10's of Billions.
(Until the supply of these inevitably rose to meet its former "equilibrium" with demand.) If that's the opportunity cost of seeing if prizes can stimulate some successful research which will not otherwise be funded, then it seems like an arguable proposition, especially since prizes like the X-Prize are often claimed to stimulate research spending which is a multiple of the actual prize money awarded.
"IBM wants to offer the minimum amount that the candidate will accept," however the gamblers are not asked to figure that out, instead the "entire wager pool is awarded to the Turks who had the closest answers [to what IBM actually offered]".
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use awarded in a sentence?
This is obviously not feasible, given that these grants are being awarded for little more than an idea.
What does awarded mean?
(transitive) To give (an award).
What part of speech is awarded?
awarded is commonly used as verb.