winning
Meaning of winning
verb
- To conquer, defeat.
- To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
- To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
- To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
to win the jackpot in a lottery; to win a bottle of wine in a raffle
- To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
- To achieve victory.
Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a dolphin?
- To have power, coercion or control.
Ever since the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Bostonians now run as "One Boston." The terrorists did not win.
- To obtain (something desired).
The company hopes to win an order from the government worth over 5 million dollars.
- To cause a victory for someone.
The policy success should win the elections for Mr. Smith.
- To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
- The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
- (chiefly in the plural) The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, especially in gambling.
- A new opening.
- The portion of a coalfield out for working.
- That constitutes a win.
the winning entry in the competition
- That leads to success.
a winning formula, strategy, etc.
- Attractive.
a winning smile
Information about winning
- The plural form of winning is: winnings.
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Hyphenation of winning
win-ning
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- winning is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
winning synonyms
Meaning victorious:
Meaning fetching:
Translation of winning
- Spanish: ganador, ganadora, victorioso, vencedor, triunfante, victoriosa, vencedora, triunfador, triunfadora
- French: victorieux, triomphateur, vainqueur
- German: siegreich, sieghaft
- Italian: vittorioso, vincitore, vincente
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