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award

/əˈwɔːd/uh-WAWRD
/əˈwɔɹd/uh-WAWRD

Meaningconsider or judge

Common meaning: give a prize or grant by decision

Journey through time

  1. Old Frencheswarder‘consider or judge’source
  2. Anglo-Frenchmeaning shiftsconsider or judge → decideawarder‘decide’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsdecide → give a prize or grant by decisionaward‘give a prize or grant by decision’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French eswarder ‘consider or judge’.

Roots

  • eswarder Old French “consider or judge”

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