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winning

winning

50 2.1
A success achieved after hard effort
  • noun
  • /ˈwɪnɪŋ/
: victoria
  • The feeling of winning a hard-fought match is indescribable.

And, and instead of focusing on winning, you focus on learning.

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Examples

  • We show that that is the medal you get for winning the European Championship.

  • But he said one of the most important parts of winning is being OK losing.

  • In other words, winning before leads to winning again.

  • Very few people understand what winning and success does to an individual's mental health.

  • Compare the joy of winning together.

  • But the reason I enjoy winning is I don't mind losing.

  • There were so many Jane Wharton's in our land, we had to help them by winning votes for women.

  • So that win mentality in a culture that is obsessed already with winning sets them up pretty well.

  • You've achieved greatness through winning fights and, you know, helping others.

  • Don't expect to get rich from your winnings and don't expect to win on the first try.

    Academic text (1995)

Synonyms

success
vswinning
∞ 1.0

Getting what you want after working hard

emphasizes the active process and difficulty of reaching that result
victory
vswinning
∞ 1.0

A win against an opponent or a difficult problem

is the act of achieving a positive result often after hard effort
achievement
vswinning
344 2.3

A success you reach after working hard

is the act of achieving a result with emphasis on difficulty overcome
triumph
vswinning
262 3.3

A great victory or success that brings joy

is about hard earned achievement without focusing on extreme joy
accomplishment
vswinning
184 3.4

A successful task or goal that you finish

focuses more on the struggle or difficulty before the successful result
conquest
vswinning
10 5.2

An achievement in overcoming a difficult problem or fear

is the general act of achieving something rather than stressing mastery
W
vswinning
  • Slang
4 9.6

An informal way to show a win or success

is the serious act of achieving a result after hard effort, not casual slang

Antonyms

557 1.3

Not reaching what was planned or expected

275 2.5

A loss in a game, match, or election that means you do not win

Compounds

101 3.4

Someone or something that has won awards for very good work

A time when a person or team wins several games in a row

A young female cow that has won a prize at a farm show

5 1.9

A goal that gives one team victory in a game

A goal kicked near the end of a game that gives the team the win

5.2

A post at a race track that shows where the race ends

How Hard-Won

winning
50 2.1
walkover
1 4.4

Surface Forms

winning singular
winnings plural

Morphology

winning = win (transparent) = win + ing

The word 'winning' is transparently derived from 'win' with the addition of the suffix '-ing', indicating the act or process of winning.

Etymology

Winning as a noun comes from the old English verb win, which once meant 'to fight' or 'to struggle' to get something. So a winning is the victory or success you gain after hard effort.