award

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award[1,transitive verb] award[2,noun]

Main Entry: ¹award
Pronunciation: &-'word
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, to decide, from Anglo-French awarder, agarder to look at, examine, resolve, from a- (from Latin ad-) + warder, garder to look after, guard -- more at GUARD
1 : to give by judicial decree or after careful consideration
2 : to confer or bestow as being deserved or merited or needed <award scholarships to disadvantaged students>
synonym see GRANT
- award·able /-'wor-d&-b&l/ adjective
- award·ee /-"wor-'dE/ noun
- award·er /-'wor-d&r/ noun