Academy Award

English Etymology Official name, named after its awarding organization, the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Pronunciation en /əˈkæd.ə.mi əˈwɔːd/ RP en /əˈkæd.ə.mi əˈwɔɹd/ US Noun Academy Award An award in any of various fields related to moviemaking, most prominently acting, generally awarded at a televised gala to winners who then speak; commonly used to indicate a person has been lying with great skill. en 1959 Marc Brody Low Dive for Lola xv. 70 Lola's performance was academy award standard. en 1997 w:Terry McMillan w:How Stella Got Her Groove Back 225 They still make each other smile and they each brag about how smart and talented and wise and tender the other one is and how lucky each is to have met the other and they actually look happy and if it's a front then I say both of them deserve Academy Awards for their splendid performances. en 2000 John Gardner Day of Absolution http://books.google.com/books?id=FDM4dCrOiPYC&pg=PA340&dq=academy 340 Scribner 0743219716 "Our drawing-room furniture and the corner cupboard will be lovely in this room," Tess had purred. "And we could have the Turner over the mantelpiece; over the Adam fireplace. It would look lovely."The agent got hopeful. He particularly liked people who talked about drawing rooms."You ought to get an Academy Award," Ronnie told her later. "Bloody Academy Award you should have. Effing marvelous." en 2002 w:Dorothy Cannell The Importance of Being Ernestine http://books.google.com/books?id=RBqNZo-aIkEC&pg=PT102&dq=academy Penguin 9780142002841 Mrs. Malloy's innocent expression merited an Academy Award. en 2007 Emma Holly In the Flesh http://books.google.com/books?id=v8HHdJXfNVQC&pg=PA42&dq=academy 42 Black Lace 0352341173 'You were a geisha?' she breathed. If her interest was feigned, she deserved an Academy Award. en 2009 Laura Hayden Red, White, and Blue http://books.google.com/books?id=Er0qbIaw4ssC&pg=PA88&dq=academy 88 w:Tyndale House 9781414319407 Although Emily had the figure and the bearing to pull off an Academy Award–red carpet–worthy dress, she'd selected something a little more sedate[.] en 2009 Christina Wilsdon Animal Defenses 35 Going limp and lying still works well for many animals, but a few species deserve Academy Awards for their death-feigning skills. en 2010 Nancy Rue Boyfriends, Burritos & an Ocean of Trouble http://books.google.com/books?id=QM_D1dH5kXUC&pg=PT225&dq=academy w:Zondervan 9780310575924 Finally Ms. Dorchester announced that she was calling the defendant, Preston Oliver, to the stand. You'd have thought she was going to give him an Academy Award the way she escorted him to the box. he certainly deserved one. He'd sat at the defense table all day smirking or looking bored out of his mind, but the minute he hit the witness stand, he was the portrait of a concerned citizen, just there to do the right thing. You'd never have known he was on trial for a felony. Quotations en Translations award Burmese: my အော်စကာ Cornish: kw Pewas Akademi Dutch: nl Oscar m Finnish: fi Oscar, fi Oscar-palkinto Georgian: ka ოსკარი, ka აკადემიის პრიზი German: de Academy-Award m, de Oscar m Hungarian: hu Oscar-díj Portuguese: pt óscar m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Оскар m Latin: sh Oskar Tamil: ta ஓஸ்கார், ta அகாதமி விருது Further reading