Winning

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Win \Win\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Won}, Obs. {Wan}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Winning}.] [OE. winnen, AS. winnan to strive, labor,
     fight, endure; akin to OFries. winna, OS. winnan, D. winnen
     to win, gain, G. gewinnen, OHG. winnan to strive, struggle,
     Icel. vinna to labor, suffer, win, Dan. vinde to win, Sw.
     vinna, Goth. winnan to suffer, Skr. van to wish, get, gain,


     conquer. [root]138. Cf. {Venerate}, {Winsome}, {Wish},
     {Wont}, a.]
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     1. To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to
        obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win
        the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to
        win a country. "This city for to win." --Chaucer. "Who
        thus shall Canaan win." --Milton.
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              Thy well-breathed horse
              Impels the flying car, and wins the course.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or
        obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.
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              Thy virtue wan me; with virtue preserve me. --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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              She is a woman; therefore to be won.  --Shak.
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     3. To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor,
        friendship, or support of; to render friendly or
        approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury.
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     4. To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
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              Even in the porch he him did win.     --Spenser.
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              And when the stony path began,
              By which the naked peak they wan,
              Up flew the snowy ptarmigan.          --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     5. (Mining) To extract, as ore or coal. --Raymond.
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     Syn: To gain; get; procure; earn. See {Gain}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Winning \Win"ning\, a.
     Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a winning
     address. "Each mild and winning note." --Keble.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Winning \Win"ning\, n.
     1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by
        competition.
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     2. The money, etc., gained by success in competition or
        contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural.
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              Ye seek land and sea for your winnings. --Chaucer.
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     3. (Mining)
        (a) A new opening.
        (b) The portion of a coal field out for working.
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     {Winning headway} (Mining), an excavation for exploration, in
        post-and-stall working.
  
     {Winning post}, the post, or goal, at the end of a race.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  winning
       See {win}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  win
       n 1: a victory (as in a race or other competition); "he was happy
            to get the win"
       2: something won (especially money) [syn: {winnings}, {profits}]
          [ant: {losings}]
       v 1: be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious;
            "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won";
            "Win the game" [ant: {lose}]
       2: win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing
          knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of
          international finance" [syn: {acquire}, {gain}] [ant: {lose}]
       3: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was
          gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers
          pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the
          number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" [syn:
          {gain}, {advance}, {pull ahead}, {make headway}, {get
          ahead}, {gain ground}] [ant: {fall back}]
       4: attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise
          succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show";
          "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" [syn: {succeed},
           {come through}, {bring home the bacon}, {deliver the
          goods}] [ant: {fail}]
       [also: {won}, {winning}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  winning
       adj 1: bringing success; "the winning run"
       2: having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team" [syn:
           {victorious}]
       3: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new
          hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his
          manner"; "a winning personality" [syn: {fetching}, {taking}]
       n : succeeding with great difficulty; "winning is not
           everything"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  167 Moby Thesaurus words for "winning":
     Cadmean victory, KO, Pyrrhic victory, acceptable, accession,
     acquirement, acquisition, addition, admirable, adorable, agreeable,
     alluring, angelic, appealing, appetizing, ascendancy, ascendant,
     attainment, attractive, authoritative, beguiling, bewitching,
     blandishing, cajoling, captivating, caressable, catching,
     championship, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither,
     coming by, conquering, conquest, consequential, coquettish,
     cuddlesome, defeating, delightful, desirable, dominant,
     dragging down, dulcet, earnings, easy victory, effective,
     effectual, efficacious, enchanting, engaging, enravishing,
     enthralling, enticing, entrancing, enviable, estimable, exciting,
     exotic, exquisite, fascinating, fetching, flirtatious,
     flushed with success, gaining, getting, getting hold of, glamorous,
     grand slam, heart-robbing, hypnotic, important, in ascendancy,
     in the ascendant, influential, interesting, intriguing, inviting,
     irresistible, kissable, knockout, landslide, landslide victory,
     likable, lovable, lovely, lovesome, luxurious, magnetic, making,
     mastery, mesmeric, momentous, moneygetting, moneygrubbing,
     moneymaking, moral victory, mouth-watering, obtainment, obtention,
     overcoming, personable, persuasive, picnic, piquant, pleasing,
     potent, powerful, prepossessing, prestigious, prevailing, procural,
     procurance, procuration, procurement, provocative, provoquant,
     pushover, ravishing, reputable, runaway victory, securement,
     seducing, seductive, sensuous, seraphic, siren, sirenic,
     spellbinding, spellful, strong, suasive, subdual, subduing,
     substantial, success, successful, sweet, taking, tantalizing,
     teasing, telling, tempting, thrilling, tickling, titillating,
     titillative, to be desired, toothsome, total victory, triumph,
     triumphal, triumphant, trover, unobjectionable, vanquishing,
     victorious, victory, voluptuous, walkaway, walkover, weighty, win,
     winning streak, winsome, witching, worth having