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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



... would make a most excellent wife for any young gentleman who could succeed in winning ...
— The Land of Thor • J. Ross Browne

... loves to fold and unfold, in the cool sunshine, the stainless splendour of his pale-plumaged wings. But we are no hermit. Dear to us though Nature be, here, hand-in-hand with Art walking through our peaceful but not unpeopled POLICY, a voice comes to us from the city-heart—winning us away from the stillness of solitude into the stir of life. Milton speaks of ...
— Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 • John Wilson

... the 9th of October next will be run for upon Coleshill-heath, in Warwickshire, a plate of six guineas value, three heats, by any horse, mare, or gelding that hath not won above the value of 5 pounds, the winning horse to be sold for 10 pounds, to carry 10 stone weight, if 14 hands high; if above or under, to carry or be allowed weight for inches, and to be entered Friday, the 5th, at the Swan in Coleshill, before six in the evening. Also, a plate of less value to be run for by asses. The same ...
— Essays and Tales • Joseph Addison

... he was apprenticed to a cobbler. There, bending over his work on the pavement outside the shop-door, his blue eyes and curly fair hair, his rosy cheeks, his winning smile, his precocious retorts, attracted the most favourable comment from the passers-by and secured him an unfailing supply of chocolates and cigarettes. People liked him so much that he quickly learned not only how to mend ...
— South Wind • Norman Douglas

... winning in the sound, that it drew forth an answer from the maiden's very heart. "Oh! yes, indeed—" and before she could utter another word she was snatched into a sudden, warm, vehement embrace, from which she was only partly released, ...
— Love and Life • Charlotte M. Yonge


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