award

1. 1.

   give, especially as an honor or reward

   “bestow honors and prizes at graduation”

   Synonymspresent

   Broaderallocate

   Narrowercertificateconfer
2. 2.

   give as judged due or on the basis of merit

   “the referee awarded a free kick to the team”

   “the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff”

   “Funds are granted to qualified researchers”

   Synonymsgrant

   Broadergive

   Narrowerpension

Other forms of award

plural

awards·

past tense

awarded·

present participle

awarding·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about award

What does award mean?

award means "a grant made by a law court". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in award?

award has 2 syllables: a-ward. The stress falls on "ward". In IPA it is /əˈwɔɹd/.

What is another word for award?

Close synonyms include awarding, accolade, honor, honour, laurels. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is award a common word?

award is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with award?

3 words rhyme with award. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.