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Prize in foundations of computer science
The Donald E. Knuth Prize is a prize for outstanding contributions to the foundations of computer science, named after the American computer scientist
Knuth_Prize
American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1938)
informally considered the Nobel Prize of computer science. Knuth has been called the "father of the analysis of algorithms". Knuth is the author of the multi-volume
Donald_Knuth
Computer science award
EATCS and SIGACT. In contrast with the Gödel Prize, which recognizes outstanding papers, the Knuth Prize is awarded to individuals for their overall impact
Gödel_Prize
Mathematics award
that the prize would be named the IMU Abacus Medal. Turing Award Knuth Prize Gödel Prize Abel Prize Kalinga Prize Fields Medal Gauss Prize Chern Medal
IMU_Abacus_Medal
Conference in theoretical computer science
International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP); the Knuth Prize for outstanding contributions to the foundations of computer science
Symposium on Theory of Computing
Symposium_on_Theory_of_Computing
received a IMU Abacus Medal (earlier known as Nevanlinna Prize), a Knuth Prize, or a Gödel Prize; these awards recognise research in theoretical computer
List of International Mathematical Olympiad participants
List_of_International_Mathematical_Olympiad_participants
Soviet-American mathematician
development of the theory of computational complexity. Levin was awarded the Knuth Prize in 2012 for his discovery of NP-completeness and the development of average-case
Leonid_Levin
British American computer scientist
the University of Edinburgh. Valiant received the Nevanlinna Prize in 1986, the Knuth Prize in 1997, the EATCS Award in 2008, and the Turing Award in 2010
Leslie_Valiant
Hungarian mathematician (born 1948)
the Wolf Prize and Knuth Prize in 1999, the Gödel Prize in 2001, the John von Neumann Theory Prize in 2006, the János Bolyai Creative Prize [hu] in 2007
László_Lovász
Israeli computer scientist (born 1957)
computational complexity theory. He won the Knuth Prize in 2017 and was selected in 2021 to receive the Israel Prize in mathematics. He is a member of the Israel
Oded_Goldreich
Swedish computer scientist
inapproximability, and foundations of pseudorandomness". In 2018 he received the Knuth Prize "for his long and sustained record of milestone breakthroughs at the
Johan_Håstad
Greek-American computer scientist (b. 1949)
Gödel Prize in 2012, the IEEE Computer Society Charles Babbage Award in 2004, and the Knuth Prize in 2002. In 2019 he received the Harvey Prize of the
Christos_Papadimitriou
American computer scientist
leadership in developing differential privacy." She is the 2020 winner of the Knuth Prize. She is a co-winner of the 2021 ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice
Cynthia_Dwork
Indian mathematician
Joint Winner of the 1991 Fulkerson Prize in Discrete Mathematics for his work on the volumes of convex bodies. Knuth Prize 2011 for developing influential
Ravindran_Kannan
Country in Southeastern Europe
Computer Science), Christos Papadimitriou (2002 Knuth Prize, 2012 Gödel Prize), Mihalis Yannakakis (2005 Knuth Prize) and physicist Dimitri Nanopoulos. Eurostat
Greece
American computer scientist
professor at Columbia University from 2014 to 2016. He was awarded the 2010 Knuth Prize. Johnson was born in 1945 in Washington, D.C. He graduated summa cum
David_S._Johnson
American computer scientist
Miller–Rabin primality test. He was made an ACM Fellow in 2002 and won the Knuth Prize in 2013. Miller received his Ph.D. from the University of California
Gary Miller (computer scientist)
Gary_Miller_(computer_scientist)
Chinese computer scientist, physicist, and computational theorist
Summit. In 1996, Yao was awarded the Knuth Prize. Yao also received the Turing Award in 2000, considered the "Nobel Prize" of computer science, "in recognition
Andrew_Yao
Israeli computer scientist and mathematician
"contributions to theoretical computer science and mathematics". 2019: The Knuth Prize for his contributions to "the foundations of computer science in areas
Avi_Wigderson
German mathematician and algorithms researcher (b.1936)
Paris Kanellakis Award for work on randomized primality testing, the Knuth Prize for "seminal and influential contributions to the design and analysis
Volker_Strassen
Hungarian-American computer scientist
IBM Almaden Research Center, United States. In 2003, he received the Knuth Prize for his numerous contributions to the field, including a classic sorting
Miklós_Ajtai
Academic subfield of computer science
(established in 1981 as the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize), the Gödel Prize, established in 1993, and the Knuth Prize, established in 1996. Some pioneers of the
Theory_of_computation
Israeli mathematician
notably with algebraic geometry, topology and computer sciences" 2022 – Knuth Prize, "for foundational contributions in combinatorics and graph theory and
Noga_Alon
Greek university
University Christos Papadimitriou – computer scientist, laureate of the 2002 Knuth Prize for longstanding and seminal contributions to the foundations of computer
National Technical University of Athens
National_Technical_University_of_Athens
Israeli mathematician and computer scientist
Awards, a co-winner of the 2000 Gödel Prize (for work on temporal logic with finite automata), winner of the Knuth Prize in 2021, a co-winner of the Paris
Moshe_Vardi
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) special interest group
and libra. Gödel Prize, for outstanding papers in theoretical computer science (sponsored jointly with EATCS) Donald E. Knuth Prize, for outstanding contributions
ACM_SIGACT
Ethnic group
(2007 Turing Award), Christos Papadimitriou (2002 Knuth Prize) and Mihalis Yannakakis (2005 Knuth Prize); physicist-mathematician Demetrios Christodoulou
Greeks
American computer scientist (born 1946)
Computing Machinery, 1997 Member of the National Academy of Engineering Knuth Prize winner, 2014 SL (complexity) Take-grant protection model Planar separator
Richard_Lipton
Hungarian mathematician
computer science. For her work, she has received the Fulkerson Prize (1988), the Dantzig Prize (2006), and the IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2019). Tardos's
Éva_Tardos
American computer scientist
the Association for Computing Machinery; in 2000 he was awarded the Knuth Prize. Ullman is the co-recipient (with John Hopcroft) of the 2010 IEEE John
Jeffrey_Ullman
Greek-American computer scientist
complexity, databases, and other related fields. He won the Donald E. Knuth Prize in 2005. Yannakakis was born in Athens, Greece in 1953 and attended Varvakeio
Mihalis_Yannakakis
American computer scientist
novel, elegant, deep theory with widespread practical impact." The 2024 Knuth Prize for "outstanding contributions to the foundations of computer science
Rajeev_Alur
Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist
elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and won the Knuth Prize. Babai was an invited speaker at the International Congresses of Mathematicians
László_Babai
American computer scientist
distributed computing. 2006: Van Wijngaarden Award 2007: Knuth Prize 2007: Dijkstra Paper Prize of PODC conference 2010: IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award 2012:
Nancy_Lynch
Israeli computer scientist
applications of this type of problem within computer science. He won the Knuth Prize in 2016 "for fundamental and lasting contributions to theoretical computer
Noam_Nisan
Israeli mathematician and computer scientist
service he was involved in a research team which won the 1975 Israel Defense Prize. In 1976, Sharir completed his doctoral (Ph.D.) studies in pure mathematics
Micha_Sharir
Academic journal
Software System Award SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering SIGs CHI Academy Gödel Prize Knuth Prize Steven A. Coons Award Alonzo Church
ACM_Computing_Surveys
Private university in California, US
also has 27 ACM Fellows and is affiliated with four Gödel Prize winners, four Knuth Prize recipients, ten IJCAI Computers and Thought Award winners,
Stanford_University
U.S. scientific conference
Software System Award SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering SIGs CHI Academy Gödel Prize Knuth Prize Steven A. Coons Award Alonzo Church
History of Programming Languages (conference)
History_of_Programming_Languages_(conference)
laureates, as well as winners of the Wolf Prize, Fulkerson Prize and Abel Prize, the latest of which was Abel Prize winner Endre Szemerédi in 2012. Semmelweis
Science and technology in Hungary
Science_and_technology_in_Hungary
Award
Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy List of Kyoto Prize winners "Donald Knuth Wins Kyoto
Kyoto_Prize
professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; winner of the 2007 Knuth Prize for contributions to the foundations of computer science Abraham Nemeth
List of Brooklyn College alumni
List_of_Brooklyn_College_alumni
(Electrical Engineering) Mathematician; Recipient of the Fulkerson Prize and Knuth Prize Sarita Adve 1987 B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) Professor of computer
List_of_IIT_Bombay_people
American annual computer science prize
recipient, in 1966, was Alan Perlis. The youngest recipient was Donald Knuth, who won in 1974 at the age of 36, while the oldest recipient was Alfred
Turing_Award
Nobel Prize nominees for Literature
Archive - Valery Larbaud". NobelPrize.org. April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020. "Nomination Archive - Knuth Becker". NobelPrize.org. April 2020. Retrieved
List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature
List_of_nominees_for_the_Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
theorem Serge Lang, mathematician and activist László Lovász, Wolf Prize and Knuth Prize recipient for work in combinatorics Benoît Mandelbrot, mathematician
List of Yale University people
List_of_Yale_University_people
science award is the ACM Turing Award, generally regarded as the Nobel Prize equivalent for Computer Science. Other highly regarded top computer science
List of computer science awards
List_of_computer_science_awards
Typesetting system
written by computer scientist and Stanford University professor Donald Knuth and first released in 1978. The term now refers to the system of extensions
TeX
"About the Voss Literary Prize". The Voss Literary Prize. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2018. "The Wainwright Prize". wainwrightprize.com. "USBWA
List of awards named after people
List_of_awards_named_after_people
IEEE conference for theoretical computer science
several defining characteristics of theoretical computer scientists. The Knuth Prize for outstanding contributions to theoretical computer science is presented
Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science
Symposium_on_Foundations_of_Computer_Science
Mathematics award
Receives John von Neumann Lecture Prize". Northwestern Engineering. Retrieved 25 April 2017. "ACM NEWS Donald E. Knuth Awarded SIAM's Highest Honor, Delivers
John_von_Neumann_Prize
Academic journal
Software System Award SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering SIGs CHI Academy Gödel Prize Knuth Prize Steven A. Coons Award Alonzo Church
Computers_in_Entertainment
Scientific prize and lecture series
physics. In the inaugural lecture, Don Knuth discussed five "Problems That Philippe Would Have Loved". Knuth surveyed five problems, including enumeration
Flajolet_Lecture_Prize
Family of serif typefaces
typefaces used by the typesetting program TeX. It was created by Donald Knuth with his Metafont program, and was most recently updated in 1992. Computer
Computer_Modern
and Professor of Applied Mathematics at Yale University; recipient of Knuth Prize (2011) Randy Katz (B.A. 1976) – computer scientist, developed the redundant
List of Cornell University alumni (natural sciences)
List_of_Cornell_University_alumni_(natural_sciences)
North American center for research by NEC, based in Princeton, New Jersey
theoretical computer scientist, winner of the 1986 Nevanlinna Prize, the 1997 Knuth Prize and the 2010 ACM Turing Award, currently professor of computer
NEC_Laboratories_America
Kerékjártó, geometry László Lovász, mathematics; Wolf Prize 1999, Knuth Prize 199, Kyoto prize 2010 Tibor Radó, mathematics László Rédei, mathematics
Szeged Faculty of Science and Informatics
Szeged_Faculty_of_Science_and_Informatics
of Kyoto Prize winners, awarded annually by the Inamori Foundation. Source: Kyoto Prize Source: Kyoto Prize Source: Kyoto Prize The Kyoto Prize in Advanced
List_of_Kyoto_Prize_winners
Technology award presented by the Inamori Foundation since 1985
Wilkes". www.kyotoprize.org. Retrieved November 10, 2016. "Donald Ervin Knuth". www.kyotoprize.org. Retrieved November 10, 2016. "Antony Hoare". www.kyotoprize
Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology
Kyoto_Prize_in_Advanced_Technology
Awarded every year by the American Mathematical Society
The Leroy P. Steele Prizes are awarded every year since 1970 by the American Mathematical Society for distinguished research work and writing in the field
Leroy_P._Steele_Prize
Power engineering award
important contributions to literature. List of engineering awards List of prizes named after people "IEEE IEEE Nikola Tesla Award Recipients" (PDF). IEEE
IEEE_Nikola_Tesla_Award
American computer scientist
graduate work at Stanford University where he was an advisee of Donald E. Knuth, receiving his PhD in 1975. His thesis was entitled Quicksort and was named
Robert Sedgewick (computer scientist)
Robert_Sedgewick_(computer_scientist)
Israeli science and technology award
The Harvey Prize is an annual Israeli award for breakthroughs in science and technology, as well as contributions to peace in the Middle East granted
Harvey_Prize
American computer scientist
November, 2005, Barbara Liskov and Donald E. Knuth were awarded ETH Honorary Doctorates. Liskov and Knuth were also featured in the ETH Zurich Distinguished
Barbara_Liskov
Award
The 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded the French writer Albert Camus (1913–1960) "for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted
1957 Nobel Prize in Literature
1957_Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
Unsolved problem in computer science
ISBN 978-3-936609-58-5. ISSN 1431-0643. Knuth, Donald E. (20 May 2014). Twenty Questions for Donald Knuth. InformIT. Retrieved 20 July 2014. Foulds
P_versus_NP_problem
American computer scientist and mathematician
mathematics) in 1972. At Stanford, he was supervised by Robert Floyd and Donald Knuth, both highly prominent computer scientists, and his Ph.D. dissertation was
Robert_Tarjan
it has been 300.000 DKK. The prize is a recognition of a writers work as a whole and not only for one book. 1961 Knuth Becker 1962 Villy Sørensen 1963
Grand Prize of the Danish Academy
Grand_Prize_of_the_Danish_Academy
Soviet computer scientist
pioneer in systems programming and programming language research. Donald Knuth considers him to have independently co-discovered the idea of hashing with
Andrey_Yershov
Computer science award
accompanied by a prize of US$35,000, with financial support provided by Microsoft. The first recipient, in 1971, was Donald Knuth. 1971 Donald Knuth 1972 Paul
Grace_Murray_Hopper_Award
National science competition in the United States
"From high school prize to Nobel Prize". Science News Explores. Lewis, Nell (25 January 2018). "Top students vie for $3.1m in science prizes". CNN. "Intel
Regeneron Science Talent Search
Regeneron_Science_Talent_Search
Greek-American computer scientist
science from Stanford University in 1976 under the supervision of Donald Knuth. After completing his doctorate, Guibas worked at Xerox PARC, DEC SRC, and
Leonidas_J._Guibas
County. 2018 Michael Duff spoke on "The Best of All Possible Worlds"; Donald Knuth spoke on "Translating the Bible into Music". 2015 John Lennox, Philosopher
Trotter_Prize_(Texas_A&M)
Foundation". www.japanprize.jp. "Donald Knuth Wins Kyoto Prize". web.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-21. Donald E. Knuth, one of the founding fathers of computer
List of general science and technology awards
List_of_general_science_and_technology_awards
Study of discrete mathematical structures
Applications. Thomson Brooks/Cole. ISBN 978-0-495-39132-6. Graham, Ronald; Knuth, Donald E.; Patashnik, Oren (1994). Concrete Mathematics (2nd ed.). Addison–Wesley
Discrete_mathematics
Award
computer, 1981 Kao: Pioneered the development and use of fibre optics, 1989 Knuth: Art of computer programming, 2011 Immink: Digital video and audio recording
IET_Faraday_Medal
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
39. Sipser 1997. Knuth at Stanford University 2003. Graham 2019. Harris 2010. Massey University 1996. Radick 2007, p. 320. Knuth 2003, p. 1. Fulton
Noam_Chomsky
American-Canadian computer scientist, contributor to complexity theory
class AC0 and its hierarchy AC are also introduced by him. According to Don Knuth the KMP algorithm was inspired by Cook's automata for recognizing concatenated
Stephen_Cook
American mathematician (1935–2020)
those with Chung, and six books, including Concrete Mathematics with Donald Knuth and Oren Patashnik.[B4] The Erdős Number Project lists him as having nearly
Ronald_Graham
Complexity class
P versus NP question one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems in 2000. According to Donald Knuth, the name "NP-complete" was popularized by Alfred
NP-completeness
Golf tournament held in Singapore
inaugural LPGA of Korea Tour co-sanctioned event was held in 2022. With a prize purse of S$1.1 million, it was the second most lucrative women's golf tournament
Singapore_Ladies_Open
Pattern-finding real-time card game
group is called a maximal cap set (sequence A090245 in the OEIS). Donald Knuth found in 2001 that there are 682344 such cap sets of size 20 for the 81-card
Set_(card_game)
awards, or inducement prize contests. A cash prize is given for the accomplishment of a feat, usually of engineering. Inducement prize contest Space elevator
List_of_challenge_awards
American computer scientist (born 1952)
Donald Knuth's MIX processor to the MMIX. Both are model computers used in Knuth's classic series, The Art of Computer Programming. MMIX is Knuth's DLX equivalent
John_L._Hennessy
American mathematician (born 1944)
of whom have had distinguished careers in combinatorial research. Donald Knuth named Stanley as one of his combinatorial heroes in a 2023 interview. Stanley's
Richard_P._Stanley
Study of computation
inspiring philosophical and practical questions of contemporary civilization. Knuth, Donald E. (August 1, 1972). "George Forsythe and the development of computer
Computer_science
American mathematician (1923–2016)
Algorithms, Donald E. Knuth, American Mathematical Society, 1997 (English Translation.) The Shapley Value Citation of von Neumann Theory Prize on L.S.Shapley's
Lloyd_Shapley
American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1941)
signature, one of the prototypes of the digital signature. When Donald Knuth began issuing the early releases of TeX in the early 1980s, Lamport — due
Leslie_Lamport
States Knuth reward check Donald Knuth For finding technical, typographical, or historical errors, or making substantial suggestions for Donald Knuth's publications
List of computer-related awards
List_of_computer-related_awards
Chinese computer scientist
2024-02-23. "2021 SIGACT Knuth and Gödel Prizes Recipient". www.acm.org. Retrieved 2022-05-13. "Delbert Ray Fulkerson Prize (AMS-MOS)". American Mathematical
Xi_Chen
IEEE award
Donald E. Knuth 1994: John Cocke 1993: Frederick P. Brooks 1992: C. Gordon Bell List of computer science awards John von Neumann Theory Prize awarded by
IEEE_John_von_Neumann_Medal
Swiss actor (1941–2019)
Man in the Black Derby). Despite the support of the lead actor, Gustav Knuth, Ganz's cinematic debut was not particularly successful and it was only
Bruno_Ganz
Probability of shared birthdays
The problem is relevant to several hashing algorithms analyzed by Donald Knuth in his book The Art of Computer Programming. It may be shown that if one
Birthday_problem
Calendar year
January 7 – Roland Topor, French illustrator (d. 1997) January 10 – Donald Knuth, American mathematician and computer scientist January 13 – Shivkumar Sharma
1938
Engineering approach to software development
Steve McConnell has said that it is not, but that it should be. Donald Knuth has said that programming is an art and a science. Edsger W. Dijkstra claimed
Software_engineering
French polymath (1623–1662)
Memorial in orig. French/Latin and modern English, trans. Elizabeth T. Knuth. Biography, Bibliography. (in French) Works by Blaise Pascal at Open Library
Blaise_Pascal
Procedure for finding a stable matching
Algorithm Design. Addison-Wesley. pp. 42–47. Gusfield & Irving (1989), p. 182. Knuth, Donald E. (1976). Mariages stables et leurs relations avec d'autres problèmes
Gale–Shapley_algorithm
Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024
Philip of Sweden as well as actress Ellen Hillingsø and politician Marcus Knuth. She is a close personal friend of Queen Sonja of Norway with whom she shares
Margrethe_II
Private university in Pasadena, California
D. Osheroff (BS 1967) studied the superfluid nature of helium-3. Donald Knuth (PhD 1963), the "father" of the analysis of algorithms, wrote The Art of
California Institute of Technology
California_Institute_of_Technology
Private co-ed school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
"Donald E. Knuth". Nndb.com. Retrieved August 20, 2012. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 2011-2012, Biographical Sketch of Don Pridemore, pg. 85 "Raabe Prize". Association
Milwaukee Lutheran High School
Milwaukee_Lutheran_High_School
KNUTH PRIZE
KNUTH PRIZE
Girl/Female
Indian
Act of kindness, Benefaction, Bestowal, Gift, Present, Prize, Grant
Girl/Female
Indian
Collection of pomes ir song, Tagores poems which got nobel prize, An offering of songs
Girl/Female
Tamil
Vaijayanthi | வைஜயஂதீ
Prize, A garland of Lord Vishnu
Vaijayanthi | வைஜயஂதீ
Boy/Male
Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Norse, Polish, Scandinavian, Swedish
Race; Kind; Knot
Girl/Female
Tamil
Geethanjali | கீதாஂஜலி
Collection of pomes ir song, Tagores poems which got nobel prize, An offering of songs
Geethanjali | கீதாஂஜலி
Girl/Female
Tamil
Vaijayanti | வைஜயஂதீ
Prize, A garland of Lord Vishnu
Vaijayanti | வைஜயஂதீ
Boy/Male
Norse
Knot.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Gitanjali | கீதாஂஜலி
Collection of pomes ir song, Tagores poems which got nobel prize, An offering of songs
Gitanjali | கீதாஂஜலி
Surname or Lastname
English
English : origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of Nutt.German : variant of Nöth (see Noth), or a habitational name from Nutha in Saxony.Cambodian : unexplained.
Boy/Male
Scandinavian
the name of an eleventh-century king of Denmark and England.
Male
Norwegian
Norwegian variant form of Scandinavian Knut, KNUTE means "knot."Â
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Old Norse Knútr, KNUT means "knot."Â
Boy/Male
Hindu
Prize, Honor
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Knut, of Scandinavian origin.German : variant of Knoth.
Male
Scandinavian
Variant spelling of Scandinavian Knut, CNUT means "knot."Â
Boy/Male
Tamil
Prize
Boy/Male
Norse Scandinavian Swedish
Knot.
Male
Danish
, knot.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Geetanjali | கீதாஂஜலிÂ
Collection of pomes ir song, Tagores poems which got nobel prize, An offering of songs
Geetanjali | கீதாஂஜலிÂ
Girl/Female
Muslim
Act of kindness, Benefaction, Bestowal, Gift, Present, Prize, Grant
KNUTH PRIZE
KNUTH PRIZE
Boy/Male
Tamil
Dikshant | தீகà¯à®·à®¾à®‚த
A boy whose all kind of education is completed successfully, Gift of Guru
Girl/Female
Tamil
Famed, Proclaimed, Noisy
Boy/Male
Biblical Hebrew
God is my greatness.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Vallur | வாலà¯à®²à¯à®°
A cluster of blossoms
Male
Norwegian
 Norwegian form of Old Norse Arnþórr, ANDOR means "eagle of Thor." Compare with another form of Andor.
Boy/Male
Gaelic
From Brodie.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Beautiful
Female
English
(תֶּרַח) English feminine form of Hebrew Terach, TARAH means "delay" and "station." In the bible, this is the name of a place in the wilderness where the Israelites stopped on their Exodus. Variant spelling of English Tara, meaning "hill."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Ingle.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Shiva, Lord of natas dancers
KNUTH PRIZE
KNUTH PRIZE
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n.
Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem.
v. t.
That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.
a.
Not prized or valued; being without value.
imp. & p. p.
of Prize
v. t.
To rate highly; to have in high esteem; to hold in respect and estimation; to appreciate; to prize; as, to value one for his works or his virtues.
a.
That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves.
n.
In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize; hence, colloquially, a one-sided contest; an uncontested, or an easy, victory.
pl.
of Prizeman
n.
The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout.
n.
A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; -- applied especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state.
n.
A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.
a.
Highly regarded; esteemed; prized; as, a valued contributor; a valued friend.
n.
An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting.
sing. / pl.
A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.
n.
A gift; a present; a prize; hence, an alms; a largess.
n.
One who contends for a prize; a prize fighter; a challenger.
a.
To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country.
n.
The winner of a prize.
n.
A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch.