- the official name for an Oscar
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Acad′emy Award′, Trademark.
- Cinema, Show Business, Trademarksan 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. Cf. Oscar.
- 1940–45, American.
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