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Collocations for award - noun

1. prize that sb gets for doing sth well

ADJECTIVE

annual
national
coveted, highest, major, prestigious, special, top
cash
The winning designers will receive cash awards.
bravery (esp. BrE), design, lifetime achievement, literary, merit, teaching, etc.
He won a lifetime achievement award for his civil rights campaigning.

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VERB + award

announce, bestow, give sb, hand out, make (sb), present (sb with)
The award was made for his work in cancer research.
the numerous awards bestowed on him in his lifetime
carry off (BrE), earn (sb), garner, get, receive, win
Stephen's quick thinking has earned him a bravery award.
deserve
The movie deserved all the awards it received.
accept
sponsor
a business award sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce

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award + VERB

go to sb
The best documentary award went to Ugyen Wangdi for ‘Price of Letter’.

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award + NOUN

awards banquet (esp. AmE), awards ceremony, awards dinner, awards luncheon (esp. AmE)
The awards ceremony was intended to celebrate the achievements of young artists.
scheme (BrE)
recipient (esp. AmE), winner
citation (esp. AmE), nomination

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PREPOSITION

award for
the award for best actor
award from
She received an award from the PPS Foundation.

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2. money given to sb

ADJECTIVE

compensatory (esp. BrE), discretionary (BrE)
pay (esp. BrE)
The union is unhappy with this year's pay award.
compensation (esp. BrE), damages, libel (esp. BrE), malpractice

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VERB + award

get, receive
grant, make
The judge has the power to make damages awards.

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Collocations for award - verb

ADVERB

automatically
jointly
He was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize with Alex Mueller.
posthumously
annually
The prize is awarded annually for the best new building.

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PREPOSITION

to
Promotions were automatically awarded to senior officials.

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Award is used with these nouns as the subject:
council, judge, jury, referee

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Award is used with these nouns as the object:
accolade, bonus, bursary, certificate, compensation, contract, corner, credit, custody, damage, decoration, degree, diploma, franchise, funding, grade, grant, honour, knighthood, licence, medal, patent, penalty, pension, place, point, prize, rank, scholarship, sum, title, trophy

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