prizing
present participle ofprize
prize
verb
uk/praɪz/us/praɪz/prizeverb(REWARD)
[Toften passive]
tothinkthat someone or something is veryvaluableorimportant:
InpartsofAsiathisplantis prizedforitsmedicinalqualities.
I prize thatintimacyabove everything.
Liking
- adorkable
- affection
- appreciate
- attached
- be a glutton forsomethingidiom
- be a hit withsomeoneidiom
- dig
- gravitate towards/tosomething/someone
- grow onsomeone
- have a lot of time forsomeoneidiom
- have a thing aboutsomething/someoneidiom
- lickyourlipsidiom
- protective
- shine
- shook
- smile
- smile onsomething/someone
- smitten
- taste
- tight
prizeverb(LIFT)
[T+ adv/prep](UKalsoprise);(USalsopry)
to useforcetoliftsomething off somethingelse, forexamplebypressingatoolagainst afixedpoint; toseparatethings usingforce:
I prized thelidoffwith aspoon.
Thewindowhad been prizedopenwith ajemmy.
She couldn't prize hisfingersapartto get thekey.
Raising and lowering
- depress
- elevate
- elevated
- erect
- hike
- hikesomethingup
- hoick
- hoist
- jack
- jacksomethingup
- prise
- prize
- pry
- putsomethingup
- raise
- re-erect
- ride
- ride up
- run
- yo-yo
Phrasal verb
prizesomethingout ofsomeone
Examplesofprizing
prizing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
There was in this a late-modern valuing of open and flexible selfhood, aprizingof responsiveness to change that alienated many conservatives.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In actual fact, our counterparts from developing countries have the feeling that we areprizingopen their markets rather than placing their development at the heart of our policy.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Prizingfor loves can be different, depending on the theme.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Praise was held for their experimenting with this newer sound, incorporating aspects of jazz, punk, metal, and dissonance whileprizingtechnical work and complete originality.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In bright tobacco regions,prizingwas replaced by stacking wrapped hands into loose piles to be sold at auction.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, allprizingmust be determined in advance of the competition and can not be influenced by the fees or number of participants.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sometimes, they make up all of the heat source, with chefs oftenprizingcharacteristics of certain woods.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The only exceptions are when the foreign flag is displayed in an embassy or consulate and inprizingceremonies of sport competitions won by foreign athletes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Prizingis provided by members of the community.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But, in the wild, some have become rare and close to extinction, due to an ever shrinking natural habitat and over-collection, peopleprizingthe flowers for their beauty.
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- frogspawn
- frolic
- frolicked
- frolicking
- frolicsome
- from
- from afar
- from-afar
- fromage frais
- fromage-frais
- from an evolutionary standpoint
- from a place of
- from-a-place-of
- from a standing start
- from-a-standing-start
- from A to B
- from-a-to-b
- from A to Z
- from-a-to-z
- from beyond the grave
- from-beyond-the-grave
- (from) cover to cover
- from-cover-to-cover
- from dawn to dusk
- from-dawn-to-dusk