transcription, транскрипция: [ wɪnə(r) ]
( winners)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
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.
≠ loser
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2.
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.
= success, hit
≠ failure
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