award

«award» in Mova's school dictionary: A prize or a reward given for doing something well — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an award, awards); verb (award, awards, awarded, awarding)

meaning for a pupil

1) A prize or a reward given for doing something well. tree →

2) (verb) To give someone a prize, money or a mark officially. tree →

3) (noun) An amount of money given after a court or official decision. tree →

4) (verb, sport) To give a penalty, a free kick or points. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, awards for good work, attendance or sport; in maths, marks awarded for each correct answer (2 marks awarded for each). In sport, a referee awards a penalty. Phrases: «win an award», «award ceremony», «be awarded», «award-winning».

examples

• She won an award for her painting. tree →
• The school gives an award for the best speller. tree →
• He was awarded a gold medal. tree →
• 3 points are awarded for a win and 1 for a draw. tree →
• The referee awarded a penalty. tree →
• The film won many awards. tree →
• Two marks are awarded for each correct answer. tree →
• But when they were all led before the King, the whole Court with one consent awarded the prize of beauty to the fair Parsley. tree →

note

Countable. «Award» = a prize; «reward» = something given in return for good behaviour or help. In maths: total points = wins × points awarded per win + draws × points per draw (4 wins and 2 draws: 4 × 3 + 2 × 1 = 14).

In the corpora

• The Grammy Awards are voted on by members of the Recording Academy, people who work in music, not by fans.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «award» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.