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In a war, no matter the outcome of a certain skirmish or battle, the winner is the party whose attitudes, behaviors and preoccupations come to dominate the postwar landscape. By this measure, the outcome of the gender wars, if wars they were, is clear: women won.
Marcus Buckingham

Meaning of "winner" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WINNER

winner  [ˈwɪnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WINNER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Winner is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WINNER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Winner

Winner or The Winner may refer to: ▪ Champion, the victor in a challenge or contest...

Definition of winner in the English dictionary

The definition of winner in the dictionary is a person or thing that wins. Other definition of winner is a person or thing that seems sure to win or succeed.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WINNER


ana
ˈeɪnə
award-winner
əˈwɔːdˌwɪnə
breadwinner
ˈbrɛdˌwɪnə
Carolina
ˌkærəˈlaɪnə
china
ˈtʃaɪnə
cowinner
ˌkəʊˈwɪnə
Dana
ˈdeɪnə
designer
dɪˈzaɪnə
dinner
ˈdɪnə
Freightliner
ˈfreɪtˌlaɪnə
inner
ˈɪnə
Kitchener
ˈkɪtʃɪnə
match-winner
ˈmætʃˌwɪnə
medal-winner
ˈmedəlwɪnə
minor
ˈmaɪnə
prizewinner
ˈpraɪzˌwɪnə
rana
ˈreɪnə
spinner
ˈspɪnə
vote-winner
ˈvəʊtwɪnə
winna
ˈwɪnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WINNER

winna
winnability
winnable
winnard
Winnebago
winned
winner´s circle
winner´s enclosure
Winnie-the-Pooh
winning
winning gallery
winning opening
winning post
winningly
winningness
winnings

WORDS THAT END LIKE WINNER

a dog´s dinner
banner
beginner
candlelight dinner
candlelit dinner
Christmas dinner
do like a dinner
finner
ginner
grinner
like a dog´s dinner
money-spinner
pinner
potluck dinner
progressive dinner
salad spinner
school dinner
sinner
skinner
thinner
TV dinner

Synonyms and antonyms of winner in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WINNER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «winner» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of winner

Translation of «winner» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WINNER

Find out the translation of winner to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of winner from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «winner» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

优胜者
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ganador
570 millions of speakers

English

winner
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विजेता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فَائِز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

победитель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vencedor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিজয়ী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gagnant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemenang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gewinner
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

勝者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

승리자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Juara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người chiến thằng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெற்றி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विजेता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kazanan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vincitore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zwycięzca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

переможець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

câștigător
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νικητής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wenner
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vinnare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vinner
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of winner

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WINNER»

The term «winner» is very widely used and occupies the 3.682 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WINNER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «winner» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «winner» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about winner

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10 QUOTES WITH «WINNER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word winner.
1
Larry Bird
A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
2
Kenneth Blackwell
I would anticipate that the Electoral College will be held on the 13th of December, and our 20 electorate votes will go to the certified winner.
3
Lloyd Blankfein
If you do something really well, the entire world beats a path to your door. The number three, number five, number 400 player gets nothing. It's almost a winner take all.
4
Ralph Boston
Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts.
5
Eli Broad
Someone once told me I'm a sore winner, and they're right. I rarely take more than a moment to enjoy a success before I'm moving on and looking for the next challenge.
6
Paul Brown
A winner never whines.
7
Paul Bryant
I ain't nothing but a winner.
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Marcus Buckingham
In a war, no matter the outcome of a certain skirmish or battle, the winner is the party whose attitudes, behaviors and preoccupations come to dominate the postwar landscape. By this measure, the outcome of the gender wars, if wars they were, is clear: women won.
9
Steven Burd
People like to work for a winner.
10
John Burdett
I think it is immensely difficult to get the U.S. interested in non-U.S. topics. I don't think this is because the average American reader is disinterested, but more because of publishers playing it safe: if a thriller based in L.A. is a sure winner, why spend money plugging one based in Paris - or Bangkok?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WINNER»

Discover the use of winner in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to winner and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Winner
LuAnn Tyler is a single mother striving to escape a life of endless poverty. So when she gets a mysterious offer to be the guaranteed winner of the hundred million dollar lottery, it’s like her prayers have been answered.
David Baldacci, 2011
2
Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich ...
Analyzes the growing divide between the incomes of the wealthy class and those of middle-income Americans, exonerating popular suspects to argue that the nation's political system promotes greed and under-representation.
Jacob S. Hacker, Paul Pierson, 2011
3
The Winner-Take-All Society: Why the Few at the Top Get So ...
would have difficulty detecting more than minor differences in a “blind” hearing) As we will see in chapters 6 and 7, it is this reward-by-relativeperformance feature that gives rise to many of the inefficiencies we attribute to winner-take-all  ...
Robert H Frank, Philip J Cook, 2010
4
The Winner Effect: How Power Affects Your Brain
Are men more likely to be power junkies than women? The 'winner effect' is a term used in biology to describe how an animal that has won a few fights against weak opponents is much more likely to win later bouts against stronger contenders.
Ian Robertson, 2012
5
Winner Take Nothing
Ernest Hemingway made his literary start as a short-story writer. He has always excelled in that medium, and this volume reveals him at his best.
Ernest Hemingway, 2002
6
The Lazy Winner: How to do more with less effort and succeed ...
The Lazy Winner is for all those who simply want to do more with less effort and succeed in their working and personal lives without rushing around like headless chickens or putting in 100 hour weeks.
Peter Taylor, 2011
7
The winner within: a life plan for team players
The pro-basketball coach and popular motivational speaker presents his recipe for leadership, personal growth, and control of shifting dynamics, showing how to forge strong groups that can work together to create success. 225,000 first ...
Pat Riley, 1993
8
The Bread Winner
When both her parents are unable to find work and pay the bills during the Great Depression, resourceful Sarah Ann Puckett saves the family from the poorhouse by selling her prizewinning homemade bread. Reprint.
Arvella Whitmore, 2004
9
The Soul Winner
English evangelist C. H. Spurgeon, one of the most popular preachers of the late 19th century, was so renowned for converting nonbelievers to Christianity that he earned the sobriquet "the soul-winner.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, 2007
10
The Rocking-Horse Winner
A boy growing up in a household where there is no love and no luck but always a shortage of money develops an uncanny ability to pick horse-race winners while furiously riding his wooden rocking-horse.
D H Lawrence, 1966

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WINNER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term winner is used in the context of the following news items.
1
NBA leans toward not guaranteeing playoff spot for division champion
Silver had already said he expected a change from the current format that guarantees division winners no worse than the No. 4 seed. But after discussions with ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
2
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah's trailer caught in Los …
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah is walked by trainer Bob Baffert as the colt ... starting his historic quest toward becoming the 12th Triple Crown winner. «FOXSports.com, Jun 15»
3
Woman from Glendale is $188 million Powerball winner
GLENDALE, AZ - A recent $188.9 million Powerball jackpot winner is a Glendale woman who took the lump-sum payout of nearly $84 million after taxes. «ABC15 Arizona, Jun 15»
4
Hell's Kitchen Winner Revealed: Meghan Gill, T Gregoire Face Off in …
T Gregoire and Meghan Gill faced off during the season 14 finale of Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen. Credit: Patrick Wymore/Fox. Gordon Ramsay officially has ... «Us Magazine, Jun 15»
5
Winning essayist chosen to own Center Lovell Inn
But Janice Sage said she is not going to reveal the name of the winner until the deal has been completed. She did not know when that would be, but contest ... «Press Herald, Jun 15»
6
Preakness: Easy for Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah, or …
Exercise rider Jorge Alvarez jogs Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah the wrong way around the track on Thursday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. «New Haven Register, May 15»
7
Oscar winner JK Simmons finds 'Counterpart' on Starz
Simmons will star in the upcoming Starz sci-fi/espionage series “Counterpart” as a low-level worker at the UN who, unhappy with his lot in life, stumbles across a ... «New York Post, Apr 15»
8
St. Louis marathon winner disqualified because she never ran the race
The supposed winner of the 2015 Go! St. Louis Marathon, Kendall Schler, was disqualified after race officials concluded that she never ran the race. «USA TODAY, Apr 15»
9
Masterchef India winner Nikita Gandhi: 'Living in Abu Dhabi has had …
She scooped the winner's golden chef coat and 10 million rupees (Dh590,000) on Sunday, April 12. Gandhi was born and raised in Abu Dhabi – her parents live ... «The National, Apr 15»
10
Staten Island 7-Eleven patiently waiting for $136 million Powerball …
The 7-Eleven at 15 Page Ave. in Richmond Valley sold a $137 million Powerball ticket Saturday. The winner has yet to come forward. (Staten Island ... «SILive.com, Mar 15»

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