Results for winning

Definitions of winning:

part of speech: noun

The act of gaining or conquering.

part of speech: adverb

WINNINGLY.

part of speech: adjective

Attractive; charming; as, winning manners.

part of speech: adjective / noun

Attractive; adapted to please or gain favour.

part of speech: noun

In mining, the whole series of operations of boring, sinking, excavating, & c., by which any mineral, particularly coal, is procured or won from the crust of the earth.

part of speech: noun

What is gained in contest, labor, etc.

Usage examples for winning:

• If you win, it will be the same as winning money. "Oswald Bastable and Others", Edith Nesbit

• The prize was well worth winning and would warrant a good deal of risk being run. "Thomas Hart Benton", Theodore Roosevelt

• It is true that one false step might spoil all my plans, but that only makes the game more worth the winning "The Hero of Garside School", J. Harwood Panting

• I'll ride forward, and be judge and winning post, while Sartoris will start you." "Belles and Ringers", Hawley Smart