winner

[[t]wɪ̱nə(r)[/t]]

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winners

1) N-COUNT The winner of a prize, race, or competition is the person, animal, or thing that wins it.

She will present the trophies to the award winners...

The winner was a horse called Last Town.

Ant:

loser

2) N-COUNT: usu sing, a N If you say that something or someone is a winner, you mean that they are popular and successful, or that they are likely to be popular and successful. [INFORMAL]

They think the appeal is a winner...

Selling was my game and I intended to be a winner.

Syn:

success, hit

Ant:

failure

3) N-COUNT: usu pl The winners in a particular situation are the people who have benefited from it and are in a better position than they previously were because of it.

There are clear winners when a dam is built. Farmers get irrigation water, businesses get electricity...

The real winners of the election, he said, were the Hungarian people.

Ant:

loser

4) N-SING: the N In games such as soccer or tennis, the winner is the goal or shot that wins a particular match or point.

Gough scored the winner in extra time.