streak
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4.3
- noun
- /striːk/
:
racha
- A twelve-game win streak in December and January following the Lakers' loss led to larger crowds.
- winning streak
- losing streak
- game-winning streak
Yeah, like, OK, that sentence, pick up your streak where you left off.
- Yeah, like, OK, that sentence, pick up your streak where you left off.
- I do very well in long streaks of working.
- Well, Speaking of cold, but I'm going to try to end my cold streak in trivia.
- You're on a profound magic streak with your work right now.
- He was on a four loss streak and he just won his comeback and he continued.
- And then and then when he did win, there was a three day streak of just non-stop coverage.
- For me, I uploaded so frequently because I had a daily upload streak.
- like your longest what's it called streak has been.
- And so time for me was just one big long streak.
Examples
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Over the course of a season, teams can go into winning streaks and losing streaks.
Academic text (1994) -
This is a great opportunity to end that losing streak going into the US Open.
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But by breaking my streak, I got the job.
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Looking up, it's looking like My losing streak is done
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For many years, he won, but in the summer of 2006, his winning streak was broken.
Academic text (2009) -
The industry had a winning streak of more than a decade.
Academic text (2002) -
I have the longest streak ever without losing a game.
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She celebrated her winning streak after defeating her opponents in five consecutive matches.
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The team's impressive streak of victories has made them favorites for the championship.
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After ending their losing streak, the players felt a renewed sense of hope for the rest of the season.
Synonyms
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1.8
A number of similar things or events happening one after another
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3.7
A continuous period when a machine or process works
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4.3
A number of things that happen one after another
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A plant disease that makes tomato and other crops have pale lines on leaves and reduces how much they produce
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word streak once meant a line that runs without a break, so people began to use it for a series of events that keep going. That's why a winning or losing 'streak' feels like a single, unbroken run of results.