reward
//ɹɪˈwɔːd//
Forms
- Plural
- rewards
- present (v1)
- reward
- past (v2)
- rewarded
- past participle (v3)
- rewarded
- present participle
- rewarding
- 3rd person singular
- rewards
Definitions
1.Something of value given in return for an act.
- For catching the thief, you'll get a nice reward.
2.A prize promised for a certain deed or catch
- The rewards for bringing in badly wanted criminals are printed on 'dead or alive' posters.
3.one's place in heaven; God's judgment in the afterlife; death
- Your daddy ever tell you how Uncle Mac come to his reward?
- And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with mee, to giue euery man according as his worke shall be.
4.The result of an action, whether good or bad.
- Is this the reward I get for telling the truth: to be put in jail?
1.To be a recompense for.
- Decorations are meant to reward the most meritous acts and services.
2.To give a reward to or for.
- Why are you rewarding that bad behaviour?
- Why are you rewarding the child for misbehaving?
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3371
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English reward, rewarde, from Old French reward (“reward”) (compare Old French regard, whence modern French regard, and also English regard through Middle French), from rewarder (“to reward”) (compare Old French reguarder), from re- + warder (“to guard, keep”) (compare Old French guarder); the Anglo-Norman forms are derived from Old Northern French variants of Old French, ultimately of Germanic (Frankish) origin. Compare regard, warden, guard. See more below.