Academy Award™
noun/əˌkædəmi əˈwɔːd/
/əˌkædəmi əˈwɔːrd/
(also Oscar™)
- one of the awards given every year by the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievement in the making of filmsCultureAcademy Awards are presented every February or March in Los Angeles by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The awards were first presented in 1929 by Douglas Fairbanks. Winners receive a small metal statue, and the most important ones are for ‘Best Actor’, ‘Best Actress’, ‘Best Picture’ and ‘Best Director’.Topics Successc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryAcademy Award is used before these nouns:
- winner
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