Os·car

(ŏs′kər)

A trademark for an award presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for excellence in the creation and production of movies.

os·car

(ŏs′kər)

A freshwater cichlid (Astronotus ocellatus) native to South America, having a spot at the base of the tail and often kept in home aquariums.

[Perhaps from the name Oscar, given to the fish as a pet or familiar name after New Latin ocellātus, the fish's specific epithet, from Latin ocellātus, having little eyes (from the spot at the base of its tail ); see ocellated.]

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oscar

(ˈɒskə)

slang rare Austral cash; money

[C20: rhyming slang, from Oscar Asche (1871–1936), Australian actor]

Oscar

(ˈɒskə)

1. (Film)

a. any of several small gold statuettes awarded annually in the United States by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in films. Official name: Academy Award

b. (sometimes not capital) an award made in recognition of outstanding endeavour in any of various other fields: the TV Oscars.

2. (sometimes not capital) an award made in recognition of outstanding endeavour in any of various other fields: the TV Oscars.

3. (without capital) any annual award for excellence

4. (Telecommunications) communications a code word for the letter o

[C20: sense 1 said to have been named after a remark made by an official on first seeing the statuette, that it reminded her of her uncle Oscar]

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Os•car

(ˈɒs kər)

Trademark. See under Academy Award.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

Oscar - an annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance

Academy Award

accolade, honor, laurels, honour, award - a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery"

Translations

Oskar

AnsgarOscarOskar

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OskarOtto

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oscar

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Oscar

[ˈɒskəʳ] N (Cine) → Oscar m

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Oscar

[ˈɒskə^r] n → oscar m Oscars ceremonyOscars ceremony n → cérémonie f des oscars

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Oscar

n (Film) → Oscar m; Dustin Hoffman in his Oscar-winning performance → Dustin Hoffman in der Rolle, für die er den Oscar bekam

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Oscar

[ˈɒskəʳ] n (film award) → Oscar m inv

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"He knew Pater and Oscar Wilde, and he knows Mallarme and all those fellows."

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They landed in the night-time, and caught Oscar asleep.

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* Oscar Wilde, one of the lords of language of the nineteenth century of the Christian Era.

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Further inquiries showed that one of the cells was empty; it had been occupied by a rather sullen ruffian giving his name as Oscar Rian.

If I had never heard the words, I should have known by the very shock upon his features that the so-called Oscar Rian had heard his real name.

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In the first place, I must tell you that I was born in Omaha, and my father, who was a politician, named me Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs, Diggs being the last name because he could think of no more to go before it.

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"The credit of the execution is due to Monsieur Oscar Meunier, of Grenoble, who spent some days in doing the moulding.

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Over the past three years, the high-profile charity event has raised PS57,564 for the Oscar Knox Fund at Solving Kids' Cancer.

Stars in the swing for Oscar

Upon his return to the UK, Hollie took Oscar to their GP where he was diagnosed with salmonella.

Family tell of holiday nightmare as baby son contracted salmonella

Just a few hours after he was born, Oscar had already racked up more than 22,000 followers to his official Insta - and had treated them to his very first photoshoot while still in hospital.

Gordon Ramsay's newborn son Oscar does first photoshoot in hospital for 22k Instagram fans; Baby Oscar James Ramsay is already something of a tiny influencer - despite only just arriving in the world

The Thornaby family knew Oscar was unwell, but didn't realise how ill the eight-year-old was.

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The benefit of the Google Assistant saw Google air a series of Oscar ads calling in its new product to disrupt iconic movie scenes.

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