(n) a grant made by a law court; "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court"

(n) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery"

(n) something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery; "the prize was a free trip to Europe"

(v) give, especially as a reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation"

(v) give on the basis of merit; "Funds are granted to qualified researchers"

(v) bestow an honor upon

(n) the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"

(n) the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"

(n) a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)

(v) look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted"

(n) the act of amending or correcting

(n) a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)

(v) give or apply (medications)

(v) administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"

(v) administer ritually; of church sacraments

(v) work in an administrative capacity; supervise; "administer a program"

(n) a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"

(v) compute the average of

(v) achieve or reach on average; "He averaged a C"

(v) amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40"

(s) lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"

(s) around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "a plane with intermediate range"; "medium bombers"

(s) approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall"

(s) relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in an even-numbered set); "the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20"; "the median income for the year was $15,000"

(s) relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution; "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"

(s) of no exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"

(n) a formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence"

(n) a public statement about something that is happening or going to happen; "the announcement appeared in the local newspaper"; "the promulgation was written in English"