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Adjective winning-- has 3 senses
- winning - bringing success; "the winning run"
Antonym: unsuccessful (indirect, via successful)
- victorious, winning - having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team"
Antonym: unsuccessful (indirect, via successful)
- fetching, taking, winning - very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality"
Antonym: unattractive (indirect, via attractive)
Noun winning-- has 1 sense
- winning - succeeding with great difficulty; "winning is not everything"
--1 is a kind of success
Verb win-- has 4 senses
- win - be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game"
Antonyms: lose
Sample sentence:
They win
- acquire, win, gain - win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"
--2 is one way to get, acquire
Antonyms: lose
Sample sentence:
They win the money
- gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground - 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"
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods - 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"
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
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