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.

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

Example Sentences

Almost all of them emigrated to the United States and the U.K., winning a vast number of Nobel prizes in the ensuing years.

From Salon

Giving evidence, Sir Paul, who won the Nobel prize for medicine in 2001, said it was "disturbing" that he did not receive a response to his concerns until July 2020.

From BBC

The Edinburgh festival, Cannes and the Nobel prizes are some of the events covered so far, and the project says its photographs are viewed around 100 million times a month.

From BBC

The reason we are talking is that Hancock has been announced as one of the recipients of this year's Polar Music Prize, the closest music has to a Nobel prize.

From BBC

Mideast policy, but appeared to fly in the face of the president’s publicly stated wish for an overarching regional peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia — an accomplishment he has said would merit a Nobel prize.

From Los Angeles Times