Academy Award
an annual award given to a performer, director, technician, etc., of the motion-picture industry for superior achievement in a specific category: judged by the voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and symbolized by the presentation of an Oscar.
Origin of Academy Award
1- Compare Oscar.
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How to use Academy Award in a sentence
He won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2007, for The Departed .
It took home the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance en route to four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
Life After ‘Winter’s Bone’: Debra Granik on Finding J. Law and the Plight of the Female Director | Marlow Stern | October 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter making three pictures for RKO, he starred in The Story of G.l Joe, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award.
The Stacks: Mr. Bad Taste and Trouble Himself: Robert Mitchum | Robert Ward | July 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAll I need is an Academy Award and a British rock star spouse and I should be good to go.
The 83-year-old icon has won an Academy Award, four Golden Globes, and an Emmy.
Robert Duvall on His Storied Career, His New Movie, and Why He’s Ditching the GOP | Marlow Stern | March 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for Academy Award
the official name for an Oscar
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