- a person, a team, an animal, etc. that wins something
- The lucky winner gets an all-expenses-paid trip to Sydney.
- an award winner
- a medal/prize winner
- a raffle/jackpot winner
- the winner of a prize/an award
- The winners of the competition will be announced next month.
- There are no winners in a divorce (= everyone suffers).
- They were decisively beaten by the eventual winners, Spain.
- A panel of celebrity judges will pick the winners.
- Several factors make the difference between winners and losers.
- the 2018 World Cup winners
- Johnson rode his 48th winner of the year.
- Labour was the clear winner in Scotland.
Extra ExamplesTopics Games and toysa2- This year's competition winners will be announced on November 13.
- Barcelona look likely winners of the Spanish League.
- Brazil, five-times winners of the World Cup
- Bush was declared the winner of the election.
- France were impressive 3–0 winners over Portugal.
- He backed the winner and won £70.
- She didn't win every race, but she was the overall winner.
- She emerged as the clear winner.
- She is a regular winner in local road races.
- She is the most likely winner of the contest.
- She was the lucky winner of that week's biggest lottery prize.
- The winner will be chosen from the five architects who get through the first round.
- The winner will receive a prize of $500.
- There were no big winners in this week's lottery.
- They were joint winners of the cup.
- Who are the real winners in these elections?
- With three teams finishing on 40 points, there was no outright winner.
- a bronze medal winner
- the winner of the race
- England were comfortable winners against Australia last night.
- He was declared the winner of the country's first presidential election.
- He's a three-time World Cup winner and Olympic champion.
- His first novel was an award winner and a bestseller.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- overall
- outright
- eventual
- …
- emerge as
- look
- look like
- …
- get something
- receive something
- winner against
- winner over
- winner of
- …
- [usually singular] (informal) a thing or person that is successful or likely to be successful
- I think your idea is a winner.
- onto a winner The design is very good. We could be onto a winner (= we may do or produce something successful).
Extra ExamplesTopics Successa2- The Chardonnay, also at £6.99, is a real winner.
- The film is predicted to be a sound box-office success rather than a runaway winner.
- The park is a sure winner for a good day out.
- [singular] (sport) a goal or point that causes a team or a person to win a game
- Morgan scored the winner after 20 minutes.
compare loser
Idioms
See winner in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee winner in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishpick a winner
- to choose a horse, etc. that you think is most likely to win a race
- He's very good at picking winners.
- (informal) to make a very good choiceTopics Preferences and decisionsc2
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