Winning




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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.
[Archaic]
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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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Winning \Win"ning\, a.
Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a winning
address. "Each mild and winning note." --Keble.
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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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winning
adj 1: having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team"
[syn: victorious, winning]

2: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new
hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner";
"a winning personality" [syn: fetching, taking,
winning]
n 1: succeeding with great difficulty; "winning is not
everything"
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winning [winiŋ]
gewinnend; siegend; siegreich

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winning

gyôzelem
gyôztes
megnyerés
megnyerô
nyertes
nyerés
nyerô


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winning [winiŋ]
abattage

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winning

einnehmend; gewinnend adj
winning

gewinnend; siegend
winning

siegend; siegreich adj
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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,
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effectual, efficacious, enchanting, engaging, enravishing,
enthralling, enticing, entrancing, enviable, estimable, exciting,
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grand slam, heart-robbing, hypnotic, important, in ascendancy,
in the ascendant, influential, interesting, intriguing, inviting,
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likable, lovable, lovely, lovesome, luxurious, magnetic, making,
mastery, mesmeric, momentous, moneygetting, moneygrubbing,
moneymaking, moral victory, mouth-watering, obtainment, obtention,
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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



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