noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/noʊˈbɛl ˌpɹaɪz/
General-American:/ˈnoʊˌbɛl ˈpɹaɪz/
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noun
Meaning 1
Any of the international prizes awarded annually by the Nobel Foundation for outstanding achievements in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for the promotion of world peace; or the prize in economics awarded by the Swedish National Bank, in memorial of Alfred Nobel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 2
an annual award for outstanding contributions to chemistry or physics or physiology and medicine or literature or economics or peace
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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