- [only before noun] that wins or has won something, for example a race or competition
- the winning horse
- He scored the winning goal in the final.
Extra ExamplesTopics Games and toysb1- Next week we will publish the winning entry in the short story competition.
- She presented the trophy to the captain of the winning team.
- She won the backstroke title with a 5-second winning margin.
- The team has been on a winning streak since it won against Lazio.
- They had fought on the winning side.
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- [usually before noun] attractive in a way that makes other people like you
- ‘I'm sorry I'm so late,’ she said, flashing us a winning smile.
Idioms
See winning in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarywinning ways
- (informal) a series of victories or successes
- He'll look to continue his winning ways with a victory in Mexico on 16 February.
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