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winning Definition

win·ning (win′iŋ)

adjective

  1. that wins; victorious
  2. attractive; charming

noun

  1. the action of a person that wins; victory
  2. something won, esp. money
  3. a shaft, bed, etc. in a coal mine, opened for mining

winning Related Forms
win′·ningly adverb
winning Synonyms

winning

modif.

  1. Engaging

    attractive, charming, dazzling, courteous, agreeable, gratifying, acceptable, cute, cunning.

    Antonyms ugly*, repulsive, loathsome.

  2. Victorious

    champion, conquering, leading; see triumphant.

winning Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • hit: And when Giles hit the winning runs I wasn't that surprised.
  • pay: To pay a winning there are bothered mickey marcello we make decisions.
  • experience: The cards they experience a winning you enjoy doing it a regular.
  • take: After each stop you have the option to take the winnings and go home or head on to the next pub.
  • split: Lottery Syndicates allow players to play in a group and split the winnings.
  • expect: The expected winnings for the bet with your friend are easy to calculate.

Adjective modifier

  • potential: I dont know why, I guess its the " potential winnings " you could get.

Modifies a noun

  • streak: She's not forgiven me for my winning streak back in March.
  • formula: In a second, I'm going to explain my winning formula.
  • bidder: Winning bidders will receive 2 invites to the sponsors evening along with the away shirt which Paul will present during the evening.
  • entry: Film showing will be the winning entries from June's Swansea Bay Film Festival.
  • margin: The score of Bury 6 Derby County 0 is the biggest winning margin in FA Cup final history.
  • combination: A winning combination is any vertical, horizontal or diagonal line of four numbers.

Modifying Another Word

  • about: Second, elections are obviously about winning - but a good vote can lay the basis for future elections.
  • only: This is the sign of true champions not only winning, but winning comprehensively, giving the opposition nothing.

Noun used with modifier

  • lottery: One could try this with the National Lottery - I'll give the Buyer X % of my lottery winnings.
  • award: We at Cowell's Garden Center, the award winning ' meeting place for plant lovers "
  • prise: At 1,400gns was a classy heifer from the Hodgson family's prize winning ' Wormanby ' herd.
  • horse: Putting five highest odds in and then cross referencing against all odds to give likelihood of each horse winning.

Possessives

  • establishment: Remain but the establishment's winnings last month to the recently.
winning Quotes

The great fallacy is that the game is first and last about winning.It'snothingofthekind.Thegame isabout glory. It's about doing things in style, with a flourish, about going out and beating the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom.

—Blanchflower, Danny (Robert Dennio)

War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour but an empty bubble. Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying, If the world be worth thy winning, Think, oh think, it worth enjoying.

—Dryden,John

Never change a winning game: always change a losing one.

—Tilden, Bill (WilliamTatem II)

But afterall it's not the winning that matters, is it? Or is it? It'söto coinawordötheamenitiesthatcount: thesmell of the dandelions, the puff of the pipe, the click of the bat, the rain on the neck, the chill down the spine, the slow, exquisite coming on of sunset and dinner and rheumatism.

—Cooke, (Alfred) Alistair

The most important thing in the Olympic games is not winning but taking partöjust as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

—Coubertin, Pierre de, Baron

Answering the question as to whether we are winningö that is a very difficult one.

—Rumsfeld, Donald

Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing.

—Lombardi,Vince(ntThomas)

Winning isn't everything, but wanting to is.

—Palmer, Arnold

Oh, is there not one maiden here Whose homely face and bad complexion Have caused all hopes to disappear Of ever winning man's affection?

—Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck)