Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to the act of winning: drew the winning number in the lottery.
- adj. Successful; victorious: the winning entry; the winning team.
- adj. Attractive; charming: a winning personality; a winning smile.
- n. The act of one that wins; victory.
- n. Something won, especially money. Often used in the plural.
- n. A section of a mine that has been recently prepared or opened for working.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In metallurgy, same as beneficiation.
- n. The act of one who wins, in any sense.
- n. That which is won; that which is gained by effort, conquest, or successful competition; earnings; profit; gain: generally in the plural.
- n. In coal-mining, a shaft or pit which is being sunk to win or open a bed of coal; an opening of any kind by which coal has been won; a bed of coal ready for mining (see win, transitive verb, 9); sometimes, also, a part of a coal-mine, as distinguished from another portion from which it is separated by a barrier.
- Successful in contending, competing, attaining, influencing, or gaining over; hence, especially, taking; attractive; charming.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of win.
- adj. That constitutes a win.
- adj. That leads to success.
- adj. Attractive.
- n. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
- n. The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, especially in gambling.
- n. mining A new opening.
- n. The portion of a coalfield out for working.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming.
- n. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
- n. The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural.
- n. A new opening.
- n. The portion of a coal field out for working.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having won
- adj. very attractive; capturing interest
- n. succeeding with great difficulty
Examples
“He coined the phrase "winning the future," called the challenges of the day "our generation's Sputnik moment" and endorsed both deficit reduction and spending on energy, education and infrastructure.”
“BOWMAN: Well, it seems like he believes they can have success, and he's very careful about using the term winning or win.”
“It's unfortunate that some Clinton supporters feel that McCain winning is the better compromise option.”
“He gives Takemoto a little pep talk, saying that compared to his ability to paint his confidence in winning is more important, trying to tell Takemoto to not give up.”
“I never use the term winning because it too simplistic and does not relate to what we are doing here," Maj.”
“In 1954, he was 50 percent of the title winning team in the National”
“Peyton Manning, Matt Cassel could be out for Week 1: Mr. Fantastic's updated top 30 QB rankings The Terrapins give new meaning to the phrase 'winning ugly' against Miami.”
“A retirement party held in his honour at Aintree racecourse was an uproarious occasion which lasted until the early hours, a marathon befitting a man who had made his name winning the most exacting stamina test of all.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“Garica has a reputation of rejuvenating players, having transformed the fortunes of players such as Ludovic Obraniak and Rio Mavuba, while blending them with talent like self confessed Cole fan Eden Hazard to build a title winning side.”
“Mercedes had taken the decision to buy the title winning Brawn team - complete with Ross Brawn himself - and rebrand in the famous Silver Arrows livery, and had unceremoniously ditched both world champion Nico Rosberg and Schumacher, in a move that surprised many during a period where other manufacturers were leaving the sport.”
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marky Charlie Sheen .. epic winning Mar 14, 2011
slumry Oh, you sly fellow! I must say that was clever. But I thought we had a gentlemen's agreement to keep that word in the context of sports. ;-) Jul 15, 2007
seanahan Most often used to describe a smile. The girl who's smile in more winning that any others has the winningest smile. Jul 15, 2007
slumry In the sense of charming; see also winsome Jul 14, 2007