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Winning   /wˈɪnɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Win  v. t.  (past & past part. won, obs. wan; pres. part. winning)  
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." "Who thus shall Canaan win." "Thy well-breathed horse Impels the flying car, and wins the course."
2.
To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship. "Thy virtue wan me; with virtue preserve me." "She is a woman; therefore to be won."
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.
4.
To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake. (Archaic) "Even in the porch he him did win." "And when the stony path began, By which the naked peak they wan, Up flew the snowy ptarmigan."
5.
(Mining) To extract, as ore or coal.
Synonyms: To gain; get; procure; earn. See Gain.


Win  v. i.  (past & past part. won, obs. wan; pres. part. winning)  To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail. "Nor is it aught but just That he, who in debate of truth hath won, should win in arms."
To win of, to be conqueror over. (Obs.)
To win on or To win upon.
(a)
To gain favor or influence with. "You have a softness and beneficence winning on the hearts of others."
(b)
To gain ground on. "The rabble... will in time win upon power."


adjective
Winning  adj.  Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a winning address. "Each mild and winning note."


noun
Winning  n.  
1.
The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
2.
The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; usually in the plural. "Ye seek land and sea for your winnings."
3.
(Mining)
(a)
A new opening.
(b)
The portion of a coal field out for working.
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" Quotes from Famous Books



... election—but if you can make up your mind to pass through this ordeal, well and good—but don't throw in the heart.... Yet in games on which is staked all that is worth playing for, 'hearts are trumps;' and he who holds the lowest card, stands a better chance of winning than he who has none, though in his hand may be all the aces of the others, diamonds included. But, lest I go too far beyond the analogy—as I might ignorantly do, being unskilled in the many games ...
— Continental Monthly, Vol. II. July, 1862. No. 1. • Various
... else, it seems to me," amended Mrs. Latimer, with what carelessness she could assume. "Since the legislators have been arriving I have heard nothing discussed so much as Mr. Burroughs' chances of winning the election." ...
— A Man of Two Countries • Alice Harriman
... a peculiar charming and endearing softness in the manner of Miss Evelyn most winning and most exquisitely attractive. It was evidenced even in her mode of handling my prick; without grasping it, her hand appeared to pass over it hardly touching it, but in so exciting a manner that ...
— The Romance of Lust - A classic Victorian erotic novel • Anonymous
... I was winning, you know. I wish you could have got back for the finish. . . . Melisande, let me come ...
— Second Plays • A. A. Milne
... in favour of a separate southern confederacy. But South Carolina and Georgia were won over by the concessions in the Constitution to slavery, and especially a provision that the importation of slaves from Africa should not be prohibited until 1808. By winning South Carolina and Georgia the formation of a ...
— Civil Government in the United States Considered with - Some Reference to Its Origins • John Fiske


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