Medal
noun
A metal piece with words or pictures, given as a prize or honor.
I won a gold medal in the swimming competition.
Often appears as...
- win a medal
- earn a medal
verb
To win a medal in a competition.
He medaled in the last three Olympics.
Often appears as...
- medal in a competition
- medal in a tournament
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Informal
noun
A metal piece with words or pictures, given as a prize or honor.
I won a gold medal in the swimming competition.
Often appears as...
- win a medal
- earn a medal
verb
To win a medal in a competition.
He medaled in the last three Olympics.
Often appears as...
- medal in a competition
- medal in a tournament
Usage tips
Informal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
The 'medal' refers to a tangible object often worn on the chest.
She displayed her medal proudly on her uniform.
Pro Tip 2/3Symbol of Success
'Medal' symbolizes achievement in competitive fields, like sports or academics.
The spelling bee champion was awarded a shiny medal.
Pro Tip 3/3Material Not Specified
Though often gold, silver, or bronze, a 'medal' can be made of any material.
The children received plastic medals for participation.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
The 'medal' refers to a tangible object often worn on the chest.
She displayed her medal proudly on her uniform.
Pro Tip 2/3Symbol of Success
'Medal' symbolizes achievement in competitive fields, like sports or academics.
The spelling bee champion was awarded a shiny medal.
Pro Tip 3/3Material Not Specified
Though often gold, silver, or bronze, a 'medal' can be made of any material.
The children received plastic medals for participation.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
The 'medal' refers to a tangible object often worn on the chest.
She displayed her medal proudly on her uniform.
Pro Tip 2/3Symbol of Success
'Medal' symbolizes achievement in competitive fields, like sports or academics.
The spelling bee champion was awarded a shiny medal.
Pro Tip 3/3Material Not Specified
Though often gold, silver, or bronze, a 'medal' can be made of any material.
The children received plastic medals for participation.
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through the nature of the sport itself like you have to be disciplined and so I think that that definitely makes climbing an essential pieces life that's so much bigger than the competition or a podium or a medal there's always been
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We're a miserably violent species. But there's a complication, which is we don't hate violence, we hate the wrong kind. And when it's the right kind, we cheer it on, we hand out medals, we vote for, we mate with our champions of it.
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However, what matters most, more than training or luck, is the heart. Only a fearless and determined heart will get the gold medal. It is all about passion. The streets of Turin were covered with red posters
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and we need to do something about it. But I feel pretty optimistic that we can do this. So I'm here today as a character witness for plants. And I want to tell you that plants are going to do it for us, all we have to do is give them a little help, and they will go and get a gold medal for humanity. Thank you very much.
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Why good leaders make...
where do people like that come from? What is that? That is some deep, deep emotion, when you would want to do that. There's a love there, and I wanted to know why is it that I don't have people that I work with like that? You know, in the military, they give medals to people who are willing to sacrifice themselves
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What would happen if we...
Olympic gold medalist, head of state. Ems look on humans perhaps with nostalgia and gratitude, but not so much respect, which is, if you think about it, how you think about your ancestors. We know many things about how humans differ in terms of productivity. We can just use those to predict features of ems --
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The urgent need for...
said I'm going to tell you something young man he said people look at me they think I'm some old man sitting in a wheelchair covered with cuts and bruises and scars but I want to tell you something he said these aren't my cuts these aren't my bruises these aren't my scars he said these are my medals of Honor
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Rory Stewart: Time to...
to build their hospitals and schools. It's also very difficult to confront a general with medals on his chest. It's very difficult for a politician, because you're afraid that many lives have been lost in vain. You feel deep, deep guilt. You exaggerate your fears,
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How the worst moments in...
People narrow the world and function in discrete groups without empathy for one another. But properly understood and wisely practiced, identity politics should expand our idea of what it is to be human. Identity itself should be not a smug label or a gold medal,
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princess is really cool but who kind of waits around through most of the movie so that she can award the hero with a medal and a wink to thank him for saving the universe which he does by the magic that he was born with compared this to
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This Rock Climbing Kid...
through the nature of the sport itself like you have to be disciplined and so I think that that definitely makes climbing an essential pieces life that's so much bigger than the competition or a podium or a medal there's always been
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The biology of our best...
We're a miserably violent species. But there's a complication, which is we don't hate violence, we hate the wrong kind. And when it's the right kind, we cheer it on, we hand out medals, we vote for, we mate with our champions of it.
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Isabel Allende: Tales of...
However, what matters most, more than training or luck, is the heart. Only a fearless and determined heart will get the gold medal. It is all about passion. The streets of Turin were covered with red posters
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Karl Marlantes
American Author
In the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on my chest, not because I had done anything right at the moment to earn that respect. This is pretty nice. It's also a psychological trap that can stop one's growth and allow one to get away with just plain bad behavior.
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Nadia Comaneci
Romanian Athlete
I basically have my life today as a result of what I did as a child. What did I miss out on? Yeah, I missed not hanging out at shopping malls, I guess, but that is not a big deal because you don't get a medal for that.
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Olga Korbut
Russian Athlete
But probably this is helps to win, to win, to gold, more gold medals, and to win most my important medal, heart of people. This is most important for me.
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Geeta Phogat
American Wrestler
Seeing my name in the newspapers after winning the national junior championship motivated me to win more medals and I have never looked back since then.
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Justin Gatlin
American Athlete
There are not going to be medals passed out to everybody in the world. It is going to be passed out to one person, the champion.
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Nikola Jokic
Serbian Athlete
It's really cool. I don't know how many people in the world have a silver medal. Maybe a thousand?
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Esther Williams
American Actress
Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.
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Phil Neville
English Athlete
Rankings aren't that important to me. I want a winners' medal.
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Denise Lewis
British Athlete
Winning that gold medal in Sydney really did change my life.
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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jamaican Athlete
Getting three gold medals is something I'll really cherish.
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Karl Marlantes
American Author
In the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on my chest, not because I had done anything right at the moment to earn that respect. This is pretty nice. It's also a psychological trap that can stop one's growth and allow one to get away with just plain bad behavior.
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Nadia Comaneci
Romanian Athlete
I basically have my life today as a result of what I did as a child. What did I miss out on? Yeah, I missed not hanging out at shopping malls, I guess, but that is not a big deal because you don't get a medal for that.
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Olga Korbut
Russian Athlete
But probably this is helps to win, to win, to gold, more gold medals, and to win most my important medal, heart of people. This is most important for me.
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Geeta Phogat
American Wrestler
Seeing my name in the newspapers after winning the national junior championship motivated me to win more medals and I have never looked back since then.
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Justin Gatlin
American Athlete
There are not going to be medals passed out to everybody in the world. It is going to be passed out to one person, the champion.
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Nikola Jokic
Serbian Athlete
It's really cool. I don't know how many people in the world have a silver medal. Maybe a thousand?
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Esther Williams
American Actress
Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.
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Phil Neville
English Athlete
Rankings aren't that important to me. I want a winners' medal.
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Denise Lewis
British Athlete
Winning that gold medal in Sydney really did change my life.
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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jamaican Athlete
Getting three gold medals is something I'll really cherish.
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