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win·ning

(wĭn′ĭng)

adj.

a. Of or relating to the act of winning: drew the winning number in the lottery.

b. Successful; victorious: the winning entry; the winning team.

2. Attractive; charming: a winning personality; a winning smile.

1. The act of one that wins; victory.

2. often winnings Something won, especially money.

3. A section of a mine that has been recently prepared or opened for working.

win′ning·ly adv.

win′ning·ness n.

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winning

(ˈwɪnɪŋ)

adj

1. (of a person, character, etc) charming, engaging, or attractive: winning ways; a winning smile.

2. gaining victory: the winning stroke.

3. (Mining & Quarrying)

a. a shaft or seam of coal

b. the extraction of coal or ore from the ground

4. (Gambling, except Cards) (plural) money, prizes, or valuables won, esp in gambling

ˈwinningly adv

ˈwinningness n

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win•ning

(ˈwɪn ɪŋ)

n.

1. the act of a person or thing that wins.

2. Usu., winnings. something that is won, esp. money.

adj.

3. successful or victorious: the winning team.

4. charming; engaging; pleasing: a winning personality.

[1250–1300]

win′ning•ly, adv.

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Noun	1.	winning - succeeding with great difficulty; "winning is not everything" success - an attainment that is successful; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success"
Adj.	1.	winning - having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team" victorious successful - having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture"
	2.	winning - very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality" fetching, taking attractive - pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive clothes"; "a book with attractive illustrations"

winning

adjective

1. victorious, first, top, successful, unbeaten, conquering, triumphant, undefeated, vanquishing, top-scoring, unvanquished The winning team returned home to a heroes' welcome.

2. charming, taking, pleasing, sweet, attractive, engaging, lovely, fascinating, fetching, delightful, cute, disarming, enchanting, endearing, captivating, amiable, alluring, bewitching, delectable, winsome, prepossessing, likable or likeable She had great charm and a winning personality.
charming offensive, unpleasant, unattractive, tiresome, repellent, disagreeable, unappealing, irksome

plural noun

1. spoils, profits, gains, prize, proceeds, takings, booty The poker player collected his winnings and left.

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winning

adjective

1. Relating to, having the nature of, or experiencing triumph:

conquering, triumphal, triumphant, victorious.

2. Pleasing to the eye or mind:

attractive, bewitching, enchanting, engaging, enticing, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, lovely, prepossessing, pretty, sweet, taking, tempting, winsome.

Translations

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ganador premiado vencedor cautivador encantador

winning

[ˈwɪnɪŋ]

A. ADJ

1. [person, horse, team] → ganador, vencedor; [number, entry] → ganador; [goal, shot] → de la victoria, decisivo

2. (= engaging) [smile] → encantador, irresistible; [personality] → encantador, cautivador

B. CPD winning post N → meta f

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win

(win) – present participle ˈwinning: past tense, past participle won (wan) – verb

1. to obtain (a victory) in a contest; to succeed in coming first in (a contest), usually by one's own efforts. He won a fine victory in the election; Who won the war/match?; He won the bet; He won (the race) in a fast time / by a clear five metres.ganar

2. to obtain (a prize) in a competition etc, usually by luck. to win first prize; I won $5 in the crossword competition.ganar

3. to obtain by one's own efforts. He won her respect over a number of years.ganar

noun

a victory or success. She's had two wins in four races.victoria

ˈwinner noun

ganador, vencedor

ˈwinning adjective

1. victorious or successful. the winning candidate.ganador, vencedor, premiado

2. attractive or charming. a winning smile.encantador, cautivador, irresistible

ˈwinning-post noun

in horse-racing, a post marking the place where a race finishes. meta

win over

to succeed in gaining the support and sympathy of. At first he refused to help us but we finally won him over.convencer, persuadir, atraer, captar, ganarse

win the day

to gain a victory; to be successful. llevarse la palma

win through

to succeed in getting (to a place, the next stage etc). It will be a struggle, but we'll win through in the end. conseguir triunfar

winning

→ ganador

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What may seem a small sum to a Rothschild may seem a large sum to me, and it is not the fault of stakes or of winnings that everywhere men can be found winning, can be found depriving their fellows of something, just as they do at roulette.

For instance, a gentleman may stake, say, five or ten louis d'or--seldom more, unless he is a very rich man, when he may stake, say, a thousand francs; but, he must do this simply for the love of the game itself--simply for sport, simply in order to observe the process of winning or of losing, and, above all things, as a man who remains quite uninterested in the possibility of his issuing a winner.

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The ordinary golfer, whose scores per hole seldom exceed those of Colonel Bogey, does not understand the whirl of mixed sensations which the really incompetent performer experiences on the rare occasions when he does strike a winning vein.

And as he walked to the fifteenth tee, after winning the fourteenth, he felt that this was Life, that till now he had been a mere mollusc.

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I've done my best and I begin to understand what is meant by the `joy of the strife.' Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

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"Stupid women, and all are stupid, think the first winning of the man the final victory.

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He was no more tempted by such winning than he was by drink.

He was still winning when two new visitors entered.

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I expected to find you radiant over winning Rollings Reliable prize.

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"Of this, the second game of the first day of the Jeddak's Games in the four hundred and thirty-third year of O-Tar, Jeddak of Manator, the Princesses of each side shall be the sole stakes and to the survivors of the winning side shall belong both the Princesses, to do with as they shall see fit.

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'She's so,' said Quilp, speaking very slowly, and feigning to be quite absorbed in the subject, 'so small, so compact, so beautifully modelled, so fair, with such blue veins and such a transparent skin, and such little feet, and such winning ways-- but bless me, you're nervous!

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The duke, therefore, having acquired the Romagna and beaten the Colonnesi, while wishing to hold that and to advance further, was hindered by two things: the one, his forces did not appear loyal to him, the other, the goodwill of France: that is to say, he feared that the forces of the Orsini, which he was using, would not stand to him, that not only might they hinder him from winning more, but might themselves seize what he had won, and that the king might also do the same.

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