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Added 9 October 2026

award

/əˈwɔːd/ noun

In Latin: addīcō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about award at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
Funding that has been granted for the conduct of a research project.

verb

To determine; to make or grant an award.
To give (an award).
Four or five of these medals are awarded every year.
To give (a person) an award.
He was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Origin

From Middle English awarden, from Anglo-Norman awarder, from Medieval Latin *exwardare, from Latin ex (“out”) + Medieval Latin wardare, guardare (“to observe, regard, guard”); see ward, guard, regard.

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