Definitions for winner
ˈwɪn ərwin·ner

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. winner, victornoun

   the contestant who wins the contest

2. winnernoun

   a gambler who wins a bet

3. achiever, winner, success, succeedernoun

   a person with a record of successes

   "his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. winnernoun

   One who has won or often wins.

2. winnernoun

   A point or goal that wins a competition.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Winnernoun

   One who wins.

   Etymology: from win.

   A gamester, having lost all, borroweth of his next fellow-gamester somewhat to maintain play; which he setting unto him again, shortly thereby winneth all from the winner. Edmund Spenser.

   Go together,
   You precious winners all; your exultation
   Partake to every one. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   Beshrew the winners; for they play’d me false. William Shakespeare.

   Whether the winner laughs or no, the loser will complain; and rather than quarrel with his own skill, will do it at the dice. William Temple.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Winnernoun

   one who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming

Freebase(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Winner

   Winner is a city in Tripp County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,897 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Tripp County. Winner also serves as the administrative center of neighboring Todd County, which does not have its own county seat. The nearest airport is Winner Regional Airport. Winner is very well known for its pheasant season. Pheasant season runs from October to December and brings many individuals from throughout the United States. On May 22 2010, an EF2 tornado was reported in the Winner area. While the tornado caused minor damage in the city, no fatalities were reported. Winner is also jokingly referred to the location of Nerdfighteria, the community for nerds, as created by the followers of John and Hank Green. Winner is halfway between where John and Hank live today.

The New Hacker's Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. winner

   1. n. An unexpectedly good situation, program, programmer, or person. 2. real winner: Often sarcastic, but also used as high praise (see also the note under user). “He's a real winner — never reports a bug till he can duplicate it and send in an example.”

Matched Categories

1. • Gambler

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'winner' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3141

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'winner' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4419

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'winner' in Nouns Frequency: #894

How to pronounce winner?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say winner in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of winner in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of winner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of winner in a Sentence

1. Raul Reyes:

   An unusual winner for an unusual time.

2. Wisconsin England Justin Rose:

   I feel like I'm trending in the right direction, i'm moving towards the winner's circle, so I'm coming into here with a lot of confidence.

3. Solomon Short:

   The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky.

4. Novak Djokovic:

   It's going to be the first time French Open winner Wawrinka've met( since) the French Open final, both of French Open winner Wawrinka, French Open winner Wawrinka are still not playing French Open winner Wawrinka best, but hopefully French Open winner Wawrinka can rise to the occasion and have a good match.

5. Frank Martin:

   People keep score when you play games ... sometimes you win, sometimes you don't, that score eventually goes away. When you impact people by the masses the way these kinds have, that means you are a winner as a human being, and that's what matters.

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