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adjective
- 1. extremely highly valued: "the bicycle was her most prized possession"
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considered valuable and important: The 1961 vintage is highly prized among wine connoisseurs. Her photograph is among my most prized possessions. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Very important or urgent. all-important. at all costs idiom. be a matter of life and/or death idiom. cardinally.
1. a. : awarded or worthy of a prize. b. : awarded as a prize. c. : entered for the sake of a prize. a prize drawing. 2. : outstanding of a kind. raised prize hogs. prize. 3 of 5. verb (1) prized; prizing.
Definition of 'prized' Word Frequency. prized in British English. (praɪzd ) adjective. highly valued. One of the gallery's most prized possessions is the portrait of Ginevra da Vinci. the thought of selling their most prized asset. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'prized' in a sentence. prized.
n. 1. a. Something offered or won as an award for superiority or victory, as in a contest or competition. b. Something offered or won in a lottery or similar game of chance. 2. Something worth striving for; a highly desirable possession. adj. 1. Offered or given as a prize: a prize cup. 2. Given a prize, or likely to win a prize: a prize cow. 3.
Synonyms for PRIZED: treasured, admired, esteemed, revered, appreciated, preferred, adored, relished; Antonyms of PRIZED: disliked, despised, hated, detested, ignored, loathed, abhorred, forgotten.
Definition of prized adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the adjective prized mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective prized, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use.