Thursday, March 3, 2011

Winning


















Definitions of winning on the Web:
  • victorious: having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team"
  • succeeding with great difficulty; "winning is not everything"
  • fetching: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality"
    wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
  • Winning is a 1969 American motion picture starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. A number of racecar drivers and racing persons appear in the film, including Bobby Unser, Tony Hulman, Bobby Grim, Dan Gurney, Roger McCluskey, and Bruce Walkup.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning
  • "Winning" is a song by Latin rock band Santana, from their 1981 album, Zebop!. It is the sixth track on the album and was released as its third single with a promotional music video. The video shows the band performing on stage.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_(Santana_song)
  • That constitutes a win; That leads to success; Attractive
    en.wiktionary.org/wiki/winning
  • acquire: win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"
  • win - gain: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"
  • win - a victory (as in a race or other competition); "he was happy to get the win"
  • win - succeed: attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"
  • win - winnings: something won (especially money)
    wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
  • winner - the contestant who wins the contest
  • winner - a gambler who wins a bet
  • winner - achiever: 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"
    wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
  • The Winner was a short-lived American television series that premiered on Fox on March 4, 2007. It is a comedy about a successful man named Glen Abbott (played by Rob Corddry) looking back to the time when he was in his thirties and living with his parents in 1994 Buffalo, New York.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winner_(TV_series)


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