• IPA: /ˈwɪnɪŋ/

1. Present participle and gerund of win

   Our horse was winning the race, but fell back just before the finish line.

winning

1. That constitutes a win.

   the winning entry in the competition

   the winning lotto numbers

2. That leads to success.

   a winning formula, strategy, etc.

3. Attractive.

   a winning smile

• Portuguese: ganhador
• Russian: вы́игрышный

• Portuguese: ganhador
• Russian: побе́дный

• Russian: привлека́тельный

winning (plural winnings)

1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
2. (chiefly, in the plural) The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, especially in gambling.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Man of Lawes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC ↗; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC ↗:

     Ye seeke land and sea for your winnings.

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3. (mining) A new opening.
4. The portion of a coalfield out for working.

Scottish altered form of Finan.

1. Surname.