NOBEL PRIZE


Meaning of NOBEL PRIZE in English

n

each of six international prizes given each year since 1901 for the highest achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, economics and work towards world peace. Winners of the prizes are called Nobel laureates . The prizes are named after the Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel (1833–96), who invented dynamite:

He won a/the Nobel Prize for his work.

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