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winning

winning

1.0
Having won a game or contest
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɪnɪŋ/
translation icon : ganador
  • The team celebrated their winning season after securing the championship trophy.

Once I found a winning lottery ticket.

Examples

  • His winning strategy in the competition impressed the judges.

  • Everyone was thrilled to see her winning performance in the talent show.

  • By some accounts, we're winning in the war of ideas.

  • But who is winning the league this year?

  • And as a reward for winning the game, you get to sing.

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

  • OK, so congratulations to Shetty for winning this year's streamers.

Synonyms

successful
vswinning
1.6

You have achieved what you wanted

is limited to success in contests and not to all achievements
victorious
vswinning
62 3.7

A person who has won a contest or match and feels proud

has identical meaning and serves as the basic dictionary label
triumphant
vswinning
58 3.7

Feeling very happy and proud after a win or success

describes the state of having success without focusing on emotion
champion
vswinning
1 3.5

Having won first place in a competition

refers to achieving success in contests or conflicts generally

Antonyms

76 2.9

Not getting the result someone wants

2.0

Feeling sad and without hope after a loss

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 Successful

undefeated
56 3.6
dominant
159 4.2
winning
1.0
successful
1.6
competitive
152 3.9

Surface Forms

winning positive

Morphology

winning = win (transparent) = win + ing

Standard participial adjective: 'winning' = 'having won' or 'victorious', directly derived from 'win'.

Etymology

Winning meaning 'having victory' comes from the simple verb win, which means 'to get victory'. So the winning team or entry is the one that has won the contest.