Jump to:

• Nobel Prize
  Nobel Prize

  noun

  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
  Nobel prize

  noun

  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

Nobel Prize

American  

[noh-bel prahyz, noh-bel] / ˈnoʊ bɛl ˈpraɪz, noʊˈbɛl /

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 British  

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

The role of vitamin K is so crucial that researchers were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1943 for their discovery of its ability to form clots and stop bleeding in babies.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

That discovery won two scientists - James Allison and Tasuku Honjo - the Nobel Prize for medicine in 2018.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

In demonstrating that possibility in humans, they helped alter the trajectory of cancer medicine, work that ultimately contributed to a Nobel Prize for Thomas and laid the foundation for modern immunotherapies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Their discovery earned the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1985 and paved the way for statins, the most widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs today.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Luthuli’s death left a great vacuum in the organization; the chief was a Nobel Prize winner, a distinguished, internationally known figure, a man who commanded respect from both black and white.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela