winning
- noun
- /ˈwɪnɪŋ/
- The feeling of winning a hard-fought match is indescribable.
And, and instead of focusing on winning, you focus on learning.
- And, and instead of focusing on winning, you focus on learning.
- But the reason I enjoy winning is I don't mind losing.
- Strength does not come from winning your struggles develop your strengths.
- And obviously we get paid for winning or and or losing.
- In other words, winning before leads to winning again.
- That's been paid attention, but we were in consideration for winning a Daytime Emmy.
- And but it was, it was fun winning.
- Very few people understand what winning and success does to an individual's mental health.
- So I'm teaching you a quick rule for calculating your chance of winning any hand.
- Compare the joy of winning together.
- They love the idea of the hunt, the quest, the winning.
- Like what was the cost of losing or not winning or not?
- It's like you rarely like talk about like you feel pleasure from winning.
- So yeah, they had that and said we all had a motivation of winning.
Examples
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We show that that is the medal you get for winning the European Championship.
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But he said one of the most important parts of winning is being OK losing.
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In other words, winning before leads to winning again.
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Very few people understand what winning and success does to an individual's mental health.
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Compare the joy of winning together.
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But the reason I enjoy winning is I don't mind losing.
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There were so many Jane Wharton's in our land, we had to help them by winning votes for women.
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So that win mentality in a culture that is obsessed already with winning sets them up pretty well.
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You've achieved greatness through winning fights and, you know, helping others.
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Don't expect to get rich from your winnings and don't expect to win on the first try.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
Getting what you want after working hard
A win against an opponent or a difficult problem
A success you reach after working hard
A great victory or success that brings joy
A successful task or goal that you finish
An achievement in overcoming a difficult problem or fear
An informal way to show a win or success
Antonyms
Compounds
How Hard-Won
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.