winning

See also: Winning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪnɪŋ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪnɪŋ

Verb

winning

1. present participle of win

   Our horse was winning the race, but fell back just before the finish line.

Derived terms

• winnings

Adjective

winning (comparative more winning or winninger, superlative most winning or winningest)

1. That constitutes a win.

   the winning entry in the competition

   the winning lotto numbers

2. That leads to success.

   a winning formula, strategy, etc.

3. Attractive.

   a winning smile

Translations

that constitutes a win

• Danish: vindende
• Finnish: voitto-
• Galician: triunfador
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کۆمار‎ (ku) (komar)

• Middle English: wynnyng

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vinnende

• Portuguese: ganhador (pt)
• Russian: вы́игрышный (ru) (výigryšnyj)
• Swedish: vinnande (sv), segrande (sv)

that leads to success

• Middle English: wynnyng
• Portuguese: ganhador (pt)

• Russian: побе́дный (ru) (pobédnyj), вы́игрышный (ru) (výigryšnyj)
• Swedish: vinnande (sv), segrande (sv)

attractive

• Finnish: valloittava (fi), hurmaava (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vinnende

• Russian: привлека́тельный (ru) (privlekátelʹnyj), располага́ющий (ru) (raspolagájuščij)
• Swedish: vinnande (sv), segrande (sv)

Noun

winning (plural winnings)

1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
2. (chiefly in the plural) The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, especially in gambling.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Man of Lawes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], OCLC 230972125; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, OCLC 932884868:

     Ye seeke land and sea for your winnings.

3. (mining) A new opening.
4. The portion of a coalfield out for working.

Related terms

• win
• winner
• winninger
• winningest

 

See also

• winnings
• winningest

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch winninge, equivalent to winnen +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɪ.nɪŋ/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: win‧ning
• Rhymes: -ɪnɪŋ

Noun

winning f (plural winningen, diminutive winninkje n)

1. acquisition, gain
2. extraction

Derived terms

• broodwinning
• oliewinning

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Middle English

Noun

winning

1. Alternative form of wynnyng