Nobel Prize

noun

: any of various annual prizes (as in peace, literature, medicine) established by the will of Alfred Nobel for the encouragement of persons who work for the interests of humanity

called also Nobel

Examples of Nobel Prize in a Sentence

He won the Nobel Prize for economics.
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On this day in 1898: Marie and Pierre Curie first isolated radium, research that led to them receiving half of a 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics along with Henri Becquerel, who discovered radioactivity in 1896. Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024 And say hello to K-literature, following author Han Kang in 2024 becoming the first Korean and first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature. Curtis S. Chin and Jose B. Collazo, CNBC, 25 Dec. 2024 Following the discovery, Higgs won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2013. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2024 Both of those authors were awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for their novels and other work. Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Nobel Prize 

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Nobel Prize was in 1897

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“Nobel Prize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nobel%20Prize. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

: an annual prize (as in literature, medicine, peace) established by the will of Alfred Nobel for the encouragement of people who work for the interests of humanity

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