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NOBEL PRIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nobel prize mean?
• NOBEL PRIZE (noun)
The noun NOBEL PRIZE has 1 sense:
1. an annual award for outstanding contributions to chemistry or physics or physiology and medicine or literature or economics or peace
Familiarity information: NOBEL PRIZE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An annual award for outstanding contributions to chemistry or physics or physiology and medicine or literature or economics or peace
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Nobel prize" is a kind of...):
accolade; award; honor; honour; laurels (a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction)
Derivation:
Nobelist (winner of a Nobel prize)
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