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.

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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

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Example Sentences

Arno Penzias at Bell Labs won the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering “cosmic microwave background radiation” from the Big Bang.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her grandfather - Dudley Herschbach – won a Nobel Prize in chemistry.

From BBC

When I was reporting on Nobel Prize predictions years ago, I often cited the odds for potential winners.

From The Wall Street Journal

One of the bestselling novels of the era was “The Good Earth” by Pearl S. Buck, a tale of Chinese village life that won the Pulitzer Prize and helped Buck win the Nobel Prize in literature in 1938.

From The Wall Street Journal

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