Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having won or worthy of winning a prize.

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  • adjective Describing something that, or someone who, has won at least one prize.

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  • adjective holding first place in a contest

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Examples

  • Three "prizewinning" stories will receive additional payments $100, $75, and $50.

    Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities Erika D. 2008

  • Ms. Wharton, one of America's great authors, captured old New York society foibles in prizewinning novels such as "The Age of Innocence."

    Landmarks Haunted by Debt Consult the Spirit World for Help Lucette Lagnado 2011

  • Many students of American and African American literature and history know her as the author of acclaimed books like her fine memoir Proud Shoes—which told the extraordinary story of her childhood in her grandparents' North Carolina home and their family legacy of free Blacks, slaves, and slave owners—and her prizewinning poetry collection Dark Testament.

    Marian Wright Edelman: One Woman's Freedom Movement Marian Wright Edelman 2011

  • Tom Bissell is a prizewinning writer who published three widely acclaimed books before the age of thirty-four.

    Extra Lives by Tom Bissell: Book summary 2010

  • Many students of American and African American literature and history know her as the author of acclaimed books like her fine memoir Proud Shoes—which told the extraordinary story of her childhood in her grandparents' North Carolina home and their family legacy of free Blacks, slaves, and slave owners—and her prizewinning poetry collection Dark Testament.

    Marian Wright Edelman: One Woman's Freedom Movement Marian Wright Edelman 2011

  • Leading the charge of critics is Nobel prizewinning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman.

    Credit ratings agency's move causes political furore in US 2011

  • Many students of American and African American literature and history know her as the author of acclaimed books like her fine memoir Proud Shoes—which told the extraordinary story of her childhood in her grandparents' North Carolina home and their family legacy of free Blacks, slaves, and slave owners—and her prizewinning poetry collection Dark Testament.

    Marian Wright Edelman: One Woman's Freedom Movement Marian Wright Edelman 2011

  • It quotes evidence from eight Nobel prizewinning scientists of the potential damage to Britain's science base, who told the MPs that it was a sad reflection on national priorities that the cap would exempt international footballers but not elite scientists or engineers.

    Immigration cap not the answer to cutting net migration figure, say MPs Alan Travis 2010

  • But if anything's clear after examining the life of the Pulitzer prizewinning author of The Color Purple, it's that she's no shrinking violet.

    Alice Walker: On Finding Your Bliss Interview by Evelyn C. White 2010

  • Sweden's 200 or so breeders are experimenting widely, and charge more—up to 1,500 kronor $225—for a rabbit with prizewinning parentage.

    Rabbit, Run Is an Exhortation Oft Heard in England Now Javier Espinoza 2012

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