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# winning

adjective (winning — a winning goal); verb (-ing form of win: win, wins, won, winning); noun (winnings — money won)

«winning» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Being the one who wins or makes someone win: "the winning team", "the winning goal". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winning/#m1)
2. The -ing form of "win": "We are winning!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winning/#m2)
3. Pleasant and charming: "a winning smile". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winning/#m3)
4. Winnings (plural) are money won in a game or competition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winning/#m4)

### In the lessons

In sports and games, the winning team scores the most points. In maths, problems compare scores to find who is winning and by how much. In stories, a winning smile is a friendly and attractive one. Phrases: winning team, winning goal, winning streak, winning ticket, winning smile, keep winning.

### Examples

- Our team scored the winning goal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winning/#x1)
- Which team is winning? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winning/#x2)
- She has a winning smile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winning/#x3)
- We are on a winning streak of five games. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winning/#x4)
- Winning is fun, but playing fair matters more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winning/#x5)
- He shared his winnings with his sister. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winning/#x6)
- The winning number was 17. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winning/#x7)
- He gave up now all hopes of ever winning the Princess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winning/#x8)

### Note

Spelling: double n — w-i-n-n-i-n-g. Past of "win" is "won", not "winned". In maths, "by how much is the team winning" means subtract the smaller score from the bigger one. Be a good sport: shake hands whether you win or lose.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «winning» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winning/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«winning» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/winning.html) on Mova free.