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medal

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noun

med·​al ˈme-dᵊl How to pronounce medal (audio)
1
: a small usually metal object bearing a religious emblem or picture
2
: a piece of metal often resembling a coin and having a stamped design that is issued to commemorate a person or event or awarded for excellence or achievement

medal

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verb

medaled also medalled; medaling also medalling
ˈmed-liŋ,
ˈme-dᵊl-iŋ How to pronounce medal (audio)

intransitive verb

: to win a medal
medaled in figure skating

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Noun He was awarded a medal for his heroism. the display case held an impressive array of military medals from World War II Verb She medaled in figure skating in the Olympics.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The opponent for all of those gold-medal games but one (Finland, 2019) has been Canada. Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2022 Lysell, who showed impressive flashes in Sweden’s bronze-medal effort at the World Junior Championship re-do in Edmonton, caught Montgomery’s eye but didn’t change his expectation. Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022 Semifinal games will be played on Friday, with the gold and bronze-medal games to follow on Saturday. Carol Schram, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022 A year ago, Adebayo and Team USA finished off their Olympic gold-medal run at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 6. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2022 Prior to embarking on his NBA career, Russell was a member of the gold-medal winning U.S. Olympic basketball team in 1956. Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 31 July 2022 McLaughlin ran her anchor lap in Sunday’s gold-medal 4x400 in 47.91 seconds — more than a second faster than any other runner in the race. San Francisco Chronicle, 25 July 2022 His son was being interviewed for TV when the two saw one another for the first time since the gold-medal race. Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022 The extension caps quite a whirlwind 11 months for Johnson, who in August was part of Gregg Popovich’s gold-medal winning Olympic team in Tokyo. Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News, 16 July 2022
Verb
All eyes are now on Valieva to replicate her team event performance for an individual Olympic gold during the women single skating, where she's expected to medal, alongside ROC teammates Anna Shcherbakov and Alexandra Trusova. Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2022 For the first time in their history, The Boston Crusaders are positioned to medal at finals. Jackson Weimer, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 In fact, at world championships and Olympics since 2012, the U.S. has only failed to medal in a relay on four occasions – all the men's 4x100. Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 14 July 2022 Team USA failed to medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics, falling to Sweden in a dramatic quarterfinal shootout. NBC News, 4 Mar. 2022 Johnson, a former Oregon Duck, was a favorite to medal in the event while Ali was the world champion in 2019. oregonlive, 24 July 2022 Westmont native Tori Franklin became the first U.S. woman to medal in the triple jump at the track and field world championships, leaping to bronze Monday with a fifth attempt of 14.72 meters. Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2022 But after a difficult 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, and one in which Shiffrin did not medal, the two-time gold medalist and perennial World Cup powerhouse says now that her goals as a competitor are much the same. Andy Frye, Forbes, 8 June 2022 Valieva ultimately did not medal in the women's singles event, finishing in fourth place after an uncharacteristically mistake-ridden performance. Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 17 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle French medaille, from Old Italian medaglia coin worth half a denarius, medal, from Vulgar Latin *medalis half, alteration of Late Latin medialis middle, from Latin medius — more at mid

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1979, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of medal was circa 1578

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