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# award

«award» in Mova's school dictionary: **A prize or a reward given for doing something well** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an award, awards); verb (award, awards, awarded, awarding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A prize or a reward given for doing something well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/award/#m1)

2) (verb) To give someone a prize, money or a mark officially. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/award/#m2)

3) (noun) An amount of money given after a court or official decision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/award/#m3)

4) (verb, sport) To give a penalty, a free kick or points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/award/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school, awards for good work, attendance or sport; in maths, marks awarded for each correct answer (2 marks awarded for each). In sport, a referee awards a penalty. Phrases: «win an award», «award ceremony», «be awarded», «award-winning».

### examples

- She won an award for her painting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/award/#x1)
- The school gives an award for the best speller. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/award/#x2)
- He was awarded a gold medal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/award/#x3)
- 3 points are awarded for a win and 1 for a draw. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/award/#x4)
- The referee awarded a penalty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/award/#x5)
- The film won many awards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/award/#x6)
- Two marks are awarded for each correct answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/award/#x7)
- But when they were all led before the King, the whole Court with one consent awarded the prize of beauty to the fair Parsley. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/award/#x8)

### note

Countable. «Award» = a prize; «reward» = something given in return for good behaviour or help. In maths: total points = wins × points awarded per win + draws × points per draw (4 wins and 2 draws: 4 × 3 + 2 × 1 = 14).

### In the corpora

- [The Grammy Awards are voted on by members of the Recording Academy, people who work in music, not by fans.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «award» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/award/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.