Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the act of winning.
- adjective Successful; victorious.
- adjective Attractive; charming.
- noun The act of one that wins; victory.
- noun Something won, especially money.
- noun A section of a mine that has been recently prepared or opened for working.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Successful in contending, competing, attaining, influencing, or gaining over; hence, especially, taking; attractive; charming.
- noun In metallurgy, same as
beneficiation . - noun The act of one who wins, in any sense.
- noun That which is won; that which is gained by effort, conquest, or successful competition; earnings; profit; gain: generally in the plural.
- noun In coal-mining, a shaft or pit which is being sunk to win or open a bed of coal; an opening of any kind by which coal has been won; a bed of coal ready for mining (see
win , transitive verb, 9); sometimes, also, a part of a coal-mine, as distinguished from another portion from which it is separated by a barrier.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
- noun The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural.
- noun A new opening.
- noun The portion of a coal field out for working.
- noun (Mining) an excavation for exploration, in post-and-stall working.
- noun the post, or goal, at the end of a race.
- adjective Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
win . - adjective That constitutes a win.
- adjective That leads to
success . - adjective
Attractive . - noun The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
- noun The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, especially in gambling.
- noun mining A new
opening . - noun The portion of a
coalfield out forworking .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having won
- adjective very attractive; capturing interest
- noun succeeding with great difficulty
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Examples
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He coined the phrase "winning the future," called the challenges of the day "our generation's Sputnik moment" and endorsed both deficit reduction and spending on energy, education and infrastructure.
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He coined the phrase "winning the future," called the challenges of the day "our generation's Sputnik moment" and endorsed both deficit reduction and spending on energy, education and infrastructure.
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BOWMAN: Well, it seems like he believes they can have success, and he's very careful about using the term winning or win.
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BOWMAN: Well, it seems like he believes they can have success, and he's very careful about using the term winning or win.
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It's unfortunate that some Clinton supporters feel that McCain winning is the better compromise option.
Blitzer: Could the DNC move the goalposts this weekend? 2008
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BOWMAN: Well, it seems like he believes they can have success, and he's very careful about using the term winning or win.
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He gives Takemoto a little pep talk, saying that compared to his ability to paint his confidence in winning is more important, trying to tell Takemoto to not give up.
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"I never use the term winning because it too simplistic and does not relate to what we are doing here," Maj.
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In 1954, he was 50 percent of the title winning team in the National
Squash Tennis Richard C. Squires
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Peyton Manning, Matt Cassel could be out for Week 1: Mr. Fantastic's updated top 30 QB rankings The Terrapins give new meaning to the phrase 'winning ugly' against Miami.
NY Daily News RALPH VACCHIANO 2011
slumry commented on the word winning
In the sense of charming; see also winsome
July 14, 2007
seanahan commented on the word winning
Most often used to describe a smile. The girl who's smile in more winning that any others has the winningest smile.
July 15, 2007
slumry commented on the word winning
Oh, you sly fellow! I must say that was clever. But I thought we had a gentlemen's agreement to keep that word in the context of sports. ;-)
July 15, 2007
marky commented on the word winning
Charlie Sheen .. epic winning
March 15, 2011