Nobel Prize

[ noh-bel prahyz, noh-bel ]

noun
  1. any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel: for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and the promotion of peace.: See also Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

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How to use Nobel Prize in a sentence

  • But Hauptmann remains almost unknown; even the Nobel Prize did not give him a vogue.

    A Book of Prefaces | H. L. Mencken
  • Is there possibly any connection between my award of the Nobel Prize, and your suddenly acute powers of appreciation?

    Autobiography of a YOGI | Paramhansa Yogananda
  • The Nobel Prize consisted of a diploma, and an award in money of $40,000.

    Theodore Roosevelt | Edmund Lester Pearson
  • In 1906 Mistral was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, and dedicated it to this purpose.

    A Spring Walk in Provence | Archibald Marshall
  • I must hasten to admit also that, judging from their own point of view, the Nobel Prize Trustees have so far done quite well.

    Crowds | Gerald Stanley Lee

British Dictionary definitions for Nobel prize

Nobel prize

noun
  1. a prize for outstanding contributions to chemistry, physics, physiology or medicine, literature, economics, and peace that may be awarded annually. It was established in 1901, the prize for economics being added in 1969. The recipients are chosen by an international committee centred in Sweden, except for the peace prize which is awarded in Oslo by a committee of the Norwegian parliament

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