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    [Noun]  | "win*ning" | \ ˈwi-niŋ \


    1: the act of one that wins : victory

    2: something won: such as

    3: a captured territory : conquest

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Noun]  | "winning combination" 


    1: people or things that work, perform, etc., very well together

    [Noun]  | "winning post" 


    1: a post that marks the finish line of a race

    [Noun]  | "losing/winning record" 


    1: past performance characterized by losing/winning most games, contests, etc.

    [Noun]  | "winning/losing streak" 


    1: a series of wins/losses

    [Adjective]  | "winning" 


    1: of or relating to winning : that wins

    2: successful especially in competition

    3: tending to please or delight

    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Verb]  | "win" | \ ˈwin \


    1: to get possession of by effort or fortune

    2: to obtain by work : earn

    3: to gain in or as if in battle or contest

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English winnen "to strive, struggle, obtain by exertion, earn with labor, gain, triumph," going back to Old English winnan "to labor, strive," going back to a Germanic verb base *wenu̯- (whence Old Saxon winnan "to struggle, suffer, acquire," Old High German, "to labor, struggle, rage," Old Norse vinna "to labor, suffer, gain," Gothic winnan "to suffer"); akin to Sanskrit vanoti "(s/he) demands, strives for, obtains," vanate "(s/he) shall obtain," Avestan vanaiti "(s/he) defeats" ;

      * Note : According to Rix, et al., Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (Wiesbaden, 1998), Indo-European *u̯en-, the source of these verbs is distinct from *u̯enH-, the source of Sanskrit vanate "(s/he) likes, takes pleasure in," Latin venus "physical desire, qualities exciting desire, charm" (see: {venus|Venus}).;

    [Verb]  | "win through" 


    1: to survive difficulties and reach a desired or satisfactory end

    Origin: 1644 ;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "win over" 


    1: to persuade (someone) to accept and support something (such as an idea) after opposing it

    [Adjective]  | "winning" 


    1: having qualities that tend to make one loved;


      * e.g., " ... a particularly pretty and winning child "




    2: likely or intended to win one's affection;


      * e.g., " ... flashed a winning smile that soon had us at her beck and call "




    [Noun]  | "winning" 


    [Verb]  | "winning" 


    1: to achieve victory (as in a contest);


      * e.g., " ... the kind of person who always has to win—even if the game is just for fun "




    2: to receive as return for effort;


      * e.g., " ... win a gold medal in swimming "




    3: to obtain (as a goal) through effort;


      * e.g., " ... won a substantial victory in the struggle for civil rights for all "



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    [Verb]  | "win" 


    1: to achieve victory (as in a contest);


      * e.g., " ... the kind of person who always has to win—even if the game is just for fun "



    •  Antonyms : 

    •  lose




    2: to receive as return for effort;


      * e.g., " ... win a gold medal in swimming "




    3: to obtain (as a goal) through effort;


      * e.g., " ... won a substantial victory in the struggle for civil rights for all "



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    [Verb]  | "win (against)" 


    1: to achieve a victory over;


      * e.g., " ... a child prodigy who has already won against a number of more experienced chess players "




    [Verb]  | "win (over)" 


    1: to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests;


      * e.g., " ... a combination of solid reasoning and outright begging won my parents over, and I became an exchange student for a year "



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    [Verb]  | "winning (back)" 


    1: as in redeeming, buying (back);



     [ "winning" ]

    1: jamacia bobsled team.

      * e.g.,  ... cool runnings.... winning 

     [ "winning" ]

    1: Success in anything Charlie Sheen does.

      * e.g.,  ... Wow. What does that mean? I'm bi-WINNING. I'm so tired of pretending my life isn't perfect and bitching and just winning every second and I'm not perfect and bitchin'. The only thing I'm addicted to right now is winning. 

     [ "winning" ]

    1: The recent bout of self-destructive behavior perpetrated by Charlie Sheen, as defined by the actor himself in the myriad of interviews he's given to the national press.

      * e.g.,  ... NBC's Jeff Rossen: "Charlie, you recently lost custody of your kids and got fired from your job as the lead actor on 'Two And A Half Men.' What's going on?" Sheen: "C'mon, Jeff, isn't it obvious? WINNING!!!" 

     [ "winning" ]

    1: A lifestyle pioneered by Charlie Sheen and practiced by those in Sheen's Korner. This exclusive society demands Adonis DNA and tiger-worthy behavior of its members. You are either winning, or you're with the trolls.

      * e.g.,  ... Roger Ebert: I could get a million followers like Charlie Sheen did, but my wife would leave me and I'd be a poor lonely sap like he is. Charlie Sheen: Yeah, you really don't know lonely till you've gone to town on 5 chicks at once. Still winning, plan better. 

     [ "winning" ]

    1: What Charlie Sheen does

      * e.g.,  ... "The only thing I’m addicted to right now is winning.” -Charlie Sheen 

     [ "winning" ]

    1: An ongoing cycle of competence and achievement in various endeavors. You cannot win; there is only the continuous action of winning. In other words, banging 7 gram rocks.

      * e.g.,  ... Charlie Sheen: "Duh, winning! It’s, like, guys, IMDB right there, 62 movies and a ton of success. I mean, c’mon bro, I won best picture at 20. I wasn’t even trying. I wasn’t even warm." 

     [ "winning" ]

    1: What you call yourself when you are trying to convince the world that you are not a crazy crack-addicted man-whore.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy, who is a loser, masturbating to sexy computer-generated characters from video games and anime drawings of girls showing their underwear at 4 in the morning in his mom's basement wiping the tears away: "I am winning." 

     [ "winning" ]

    1: being less shit than someone else

      * e.g.,  ... "When Daniel beat Jonathan in the "yo momma" contest, he was considered winning!"  

     [ "winning" ]

    1: Charlie Sheen

      * e.g.,  ... Winning… duh 

     [ "winning" ]

    1: -noun

      * e.g.,  ... Interviewer: Some are saying you're bipolar 

     [ "winning" ]

    2:  The act of dominating life in every possible respect (ex: taking more drugs than anybody could survive)

      * e.g.,  ... Charlie Sheen: Wow, what does that mean?...I'm bi-winning. I win here and I win there. Now what? 

     [ "winning" ]

    3:  An attitude in which you live life with the outlook that "dying is for fools"

     [ "winning" ]

    4:  Completing a task in such a way that you make others look like droopy-eyed armless children in comparison

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