A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
Used in a Sentence
awards
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for awards.
Editorial note
They won't win any design awards and are a bit on the hefty side, but performance-wise hard to beat.
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Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of awards gathered in one view.
(academia) Funding that has been granted for the conduct of a research project.
(law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for awards.
noun
A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
noun
(academia) Funding that has been granted for the conduct of a research project.
noun
(law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
noun
(law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
Example sentences
They won't win any design awards and are a bit on the hefty side, but performance-wise hard to beat.
They are hosting the Department of Energy Sunshot Jamathon next week[3], which will give away $1.5 million in awards each year.
It's not going to win any design awards but it looks sturdy as hell.
Also in general the airlines' primary justification for giving away seats as awards is that they predict those seats will go unsold.
Most years the big films which are up for Best Picture and Best Director, are often nominated for other more niche awards.
Source: I have a startup that went through the SfunCube accelerator and won one of the DOE Sunshot awards.
How many people who get Turing Awards in the next few decades will have learned their chops in a boot camp coding course?
So the bulk of their DoD awards must be falling under that threshold.
Maybe I'd give Black Swan five stars because it was impressive and won awards, but it doesn't mean I necessarily enjoyed it or would recommend it to others.
I now get points and awards for standing throughout the day, walking lots, and exercising.
Darwin Awards or not, the numbers would rise indefinitely.
Finally, to me the dispersion of karma awards across multiple submissions is a feature not a bug...karma should tend toward rewarding quality rather than timing where an explicit mechanism is in operation.
Quote examples
One gave out simple vouchers for various points as awards for "fun" "games".
The issue with a lot of the rewards game is that the best "values" usually come from redeeming for awards that you'd never have considered actually paying cash for.
Proper noun examples
There is the characterization of Sad Puppies as a movement to push women and nonwhites out of the Hugo Awards, when I believe the motivation is that the participants want their fun sci-fi escapism to be evaluated as such and not by how well it coincides with the Hugo panel's politics.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use awards in a sentence?
They won't win any design awards and are a bit on the hefty side, but performance-wise hard to beat.
What does awards mean?
A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
What part of speech is awards?
awards is commonly used as noun.