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youth
Noun
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The quality or state of being young.
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The part of life after childhood.
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A young person.
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Young people, as a group.
prize
Noun
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A prize is something that you receive for winning or doing well.
She was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
The film was the winner of the top prize at last year's Cannes Film Festival.
Best Overall Performance, and the $300 grand prize, was awarded to .
The book sold slowly despite winning third prize in this year's poetry contest.
The top teams will receive $1,000 cash prizes.
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A prize horse, story, performance, etc. is very good and could win a prize.
She caught this year's prize fish late yesterday evening.
prize
Verb
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If something is prized, people feel that it is very important and often people want it.
DuMond is a world-famous artist and his pieces are highly prized by collectors.
The island is prized for its beautiful salt-white beaches and clear blue skies.
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If you prize something off of or away from something else, you use strong force to get it to move.
He prized the doors open, dragged the two men out, and laid them on the road.
foundation
Noun
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The foundation of something is the basic ideas or work behind it.
These early inventions laid the foundations of modern radio technology.
Her education gave her a solid foundation in all the major subjects.
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The foundation of a building is the solid base that is under it and that supports it.
They dug solid foundations, spending a lot of time pouring concrete into four pits.
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A foundation is an organisation that collects money to do good things.
The Open Software Foundation has opened up laboratories to test software.
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The foundation of a group, business, country, etc. is the act of starting it.
The company has double in size every year since its foundation.
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Foundation is the first layer of cream or makeup.
Dot the foundation over the face-on the nose, the cheeks, the chin and spread working from the face outwards.