Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize
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 .

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  • Nobel prize — UK US noun [C] ► one of the six international prizes given each year to people who have made important discoveries or progress in chemistry, physics, medicine, literature, peace, or economics: »the Nobel Peace Prize …   Financial and business terms

  • Nobel Prize — ► NOUN ▪ any of six international prizes awarded annually for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, economics, and the promotion of peace. ORIGIN named after the Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel… …   English terms dictionary

  • Nobel prize — n. any of the annual international prizes given by the Nobel Foundation for distinction in physics, chemistry, economics, medicine or physiology, and literature, and for promoting peace …   English World dictionary

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  • Nobel prize — any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature, and the promotion of peace; an annual award in… …   Universalium

  • Nobel Prize —    Israelis have been awarded the Nobel Prize in four categories. In 1978, Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egypt s president Anwar Sadat shared the Nobel Peace Prize for their breakthrough agreements at the September 1978 Camp David summit… …   Historical Dictionary of Israel

  • Nobel Prize — UK [nəʊˌbel ˈpraɪz] / US [noʊˌbel ˈpraɪz] noun [countable] Word forms Nobel Prize : singular Nobel Prize plural Nobel Prizes an international prize given each year for chemistry, physics, medicine, literature, economics, and for work towards… …   English dictionary

  • Nobel prize — No|bel prize n one of the prizes given each year to people who have done important work in various types of activity. There are prizes for special achievements in ↑physics, chemistry, economics, literature, and peace. The Nobel prizes were… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Nobel Prize — [[t]noʊbe̱l pra͟ɪz[/t]] Nobel Prizes N COUNT: oft N for n A Nobel Prize is one of a set of prizes that are awarded each year to people who have done important work in science, literature, or economics, or for world peace. ...the Nobel Prize for… …   English dictionary

  • Nobel prize — n. any of six international prizes awarded annually for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, economics, and the promotion of peace. Etymology: Alfred Nobel (d. 1896), Swedish chemist and engineer, who endowed them * * * Nobel… …   Useful english dictionary

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