medal

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UK [ˈmɛd.ɫ̩] US [ˈmɛɾ.ɫ̩]

noun 2verb 2name 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

bronze, gold, silver

She earned a silver medal at the swimming championships last summer.

championship, Olympic

commemorative

The museum displayed a commemorative medal from the Olympic Games held fifty years ago.

VERB + MEDAL

be awarded, collect, get, receive, win | award (sb), give sb, present (sb with) | strike

MEDAL + NOUN

winner

hope, hopes

The young swimmer was considered one of our country's brightest medal hopes for the Olympics.

PREP

~ for

She won a medal for her excellent performance in the swimming competition.

Definitions

noun

A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.

Whether their images, shrines, relics, consecrated things, holy water, medals, benedictions, those divine amulets, holy exorcisms, and the sign of the cross, be available in this disease?

A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.

verb

To win a medal.

He medalled twice at the Olympics.

I dashed into the mall; bought a gift; raced to the card store, snapped up a two-fer gift-bag special and was back in my car in 26 minutes. I could medal in power shopping.

To award a medal to.

name

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an award for winning a championship or commemorating some ot

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Whether their images, shrines, relics, consecrated things, holy water, medals, benedictions, those divine amulets, holy exorcisms, and the sign of the cross, be available in this disease?

Wiktionary

He medalled twice at the Olympics.

Wiktionary

I dashed into the mall; bought a gift; raced to the card store, snapped up a two-fer gift-bag special and was back in my car in 26 minutes. I could medal in power shopping.

Wiktionary

Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing.

Wiktionary

The committee bestowed a medal on him.

Tatoeba · #28243

Roy fastened the medal with a pin.

Tatoeba · #29473

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, medal is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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