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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Clint had it all: a top filmstar, successful grand-prix driver, gold medal winner at the Munich Olympics. ▪ I thought, well, they were trumpeting Ade for the gold medal . ▪ In 1807 he received the gold medal of the Society of ...
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A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. The award concept arose in the military, initially by simple ...
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n. 1 A medal made of, or having the colour of, gold, used as a prize for winning 2 (context by extension English) Finishing in first position, winning
WordNet
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n. a medal made of gold (or having the appearance of gold) that is usually awarded for winning first place in a competition
Usage examples of gold medal.
Cathy thought she was typing the time that black Frenchwoman, the elegant Marie-Jose Perec, had run to win the 400m gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.
In the third and final, Madigan steps up a notch and goes for Clay, who tries to dance out of the way and keep the ferocious Australian at bay but Madigan's got a gold medal in mind, which means he has to get into the finals and he's showing tremendous aggression.
There was a four-inch-wide ribbon around his neck, holding a three-inch gold medal awarded by the Greek government.
It will all be over before you know it, and I'll be back with a gold medal on my chest.
A gold medal reminded her of how Warren had been borne off the field on his schoolmates' shoulders after winning a track meet with a spectacular high jump.
Like Patton, von Wangenheim was an Olympian, winner of a gold medal in dressage at the 1936 games in Berlin.
On their chests they all wore a gold medal that I thought I recognized: I remembered a Renaissance portrait, the big Hapsburg nose, and the curious lamb with legs dangling, hanging by the waist.