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Meanings of prise in English

Portuguese
venerar
Catalan
apreciar
Spanish
respetar

Regard highly; think much of.

venerar

To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open.

Synonyms
Examples for "value"
Examples for "value"
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Water services assets book value is about 15 million euros, he said.
Reuters
2
Industry sources say these slots have a market value of £50 million.
The Irish Times
3
The work on view is also, by the way, extraordinarily good value.
The Irish Times
4
Tokio Marine, however, still leads the three companies combined in market value.
Reuters
5
This value judgment is questionable in many important circumstances in public health.
Pubmed
1
But Islamic State terrorists did not respect any regional border, he said.
The Guardian
2
New limits raise questions over respect for the law in south Dublin.
The Irish Times
3
He has to be given great respect, United manager David Moyes said.
Reuters
4
He said a CDU government would respect agreements of previous German administrations.
The Irish Times
5
The main problem in modern football is respect to opponents and referees.
The Guardian
1
It could, however, be used in breeding prize livestock or rare animals.
Wired
2
Mr Schulz said it was appropriate the EU citizens shared the prize.
The Irish Times
3
Read: What do the Tour de France winners earn in prize money?
The South African
4
The idea won second prize in the cement association competition in 2004.
Wired
5
Tonight's prize is City at The Centre: A History of Palmerston North.
Radio NZ
1
Question: My son, who was 11 last week, has really low self-esteem.
The Irish Times
2
This can lead to loss of confidence, low self-esteem and severe stress.
The Irish Times
3
By a Diamond, not married; and of wealth or social esteem; talented.
The Square of Sevens: An Authoritative Method of Cartomancy with...
4
Ignoring her, Davis said, The government's very concerned about self-esteem these days.
Dark rivers of the heart
5
Cyclists have issues with self-esteem: they have far too much of it.
The Irish Times
Usage of prise in English
1
And yet you came to prise me free of the Harlan family.
Woken furies
2
Yet United are clear they could prise him from the Spanish club.
The Guardian
3
Can the new manager prise the 30-year-old away from the German champions?
The Guardian
4
It would cost around £15m to prise him from the German club.
The Guardian
5
Even now, in this window, other clubs sought to prise him away.
The Guardian
6
You'll have to prise the remote out of my cold dead hands.
The Guardian
7
Then with the spit and the tusker we will prise it out!
Jonathan strange and mr norrell
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Probing fingers crawled across his face to prise open his screwed eyes.
Faerie Wars
9
Chelsea are likely to need his creativity to prise Everton open.
The Guardian
10
Tottenham did not actually have to play particularly well to prise Villa part.
The Guardian
11
Here it is difficult to prise apart French and un-French elements.
The Guardian
12
I had to prise open her hand and shove the money into it.
NS13 Zero Hour (2010)
13
The Conservatives will try to prise it back with local businessman Paul Bristow.
The Guardian
14
That's a chink, one we can prise open with our presence.
The Naked God
15
Two workers were desperately trying to prise the steel pole from the earth.
The genesis secret
16
Before long they prise open the car door and pull your driver out.
Reuters
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Translations for prise
Portuguese
venerarprezar
Prise through the time
Prise across language varieties
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