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winning

winning

50 2.1
A success achieved after hard effort
  • noun
  • /ˈwɪnɪŋ/
translation icon : 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.