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Definition of Oscar™ noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Oscar™

noun
 
/ˈɒskə(r)/
 
/ˈɑːskər/
(also Academy Award™)
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  1. one of the awards given every year by the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievement in the making of films
    • The movie was nominated for an Oscar.
    • an Oscar nomination/winner
    CultureThe awards, which are in the form of small metal statues, are presented each year at a special ceremony. The ceremony itself is sometimes called the Oscars.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryOscar is used before these nouns:
    • nomination
    • nominee
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See Oscar in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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