Nobel

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noun

Al·fred Bern·hard [ahl-fred ber-nahrd] /ˈɑl frɛd ˈbɛr nɑrd/, 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist.

Can be confusedNobel noble (see synonym study at noble)

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Contemporary Examples

“It was Stephen Hawking and five other Nobel laureates,” Krauss recalled.
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This week, on December 10th, Human Rights Day, she will receive the Nobel Prize—the youngest person ever to be honored.
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He may have been telling the truth when, on hearing that Saul Bellow won the Nobel Prize, he remarked, “Never heard of him.”
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Second, the Nobel Prize for economics went to Jean Tirole, who studies how to regulate politically powerful companies.
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On December 10, 1964, when he received the Nobel Peace Prize, he knew the world was watching.
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Historical Examples

Finsen was given the Nobel prize partly for re-discovery of this.
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The Nobel Peace Prize of a medal and $40,000 was awarded to him.
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And to have the Nobel Prize confirm them would alienate every doctor in the world.
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The Nobel Prize consisted of a diploma, and an award in money of $40,000.
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The Nobel prize does not add to the stature of a man, but it does elevate him to a pulpit.
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British Dictionary definitions for nobel

Nobel

noun

Alfred Bernhard (ˈalfreːd ˈbæːrnhard). 1833–96, Swedish chemist and philanthropist, noted for his invention of dynamite (1866) and his bequest founding the Nobel prizes

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Word Origin and History for nobel

Nobel

1900, in reference to five prizes (in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace) established in the will of Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), Swedish chemist and engineer, inventor of dynamite. A sixth prize, in economics, was added in 1969. Related: Nobelist.

Nobel

Examples from the Web for nobel

Contemporary Examples

“It was Stephen Hawking and five other Nobel laureates,” Krauss recalled.

This week, on December 10th, Human Rights Day, she will receive the Nobel Prize—the youngest person ever to be honored.

He may have been telling the truth when, on hearing that Saul Bellow won the Nobel Prize, he remarked, “Never heard of him.”

Second, the Nobel Prize for economics went to Jean Tirole, who studies how to regulate politically powerful companies.

On December 10, 1964, when he received the Nobel Peace Prize, he knew the world was watching.

Historical Examples

Finsen was given the Nobel prize partly for re-discovery of this.

The Nobel Peace Prize of a medal and $40,000 was awarded to him.

And to have the Nobel Prize confirm them would alienate every doctor in the world.

The Nobel Prize consisted of a diploma, and an award in money of $40,000.

The Nobel prize does not add to the stature of a man, but it does elevate him to a pulpit.

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