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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈwɪnə^r/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈwɪnɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(win′ər)

win•ner /ˈwɪnɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

one that wins;
victor.

win•ner (win′ər),USA pronunciation n.

a person or thing that wins;
victor.
winner take all, a situation or outcome whereby the winner receives all the prizes or rewards.

1325–75; Middle English; see win, -er¹

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

winner /ˈwɪnə/ n

a person or thing that wins
informal a person or thing that seems sure to win or succeed

'winner' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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In Lists: Elections and voting, Racing and races, PET Vocabulary List - W, more...

Synonyms: victor, conqueror, prize winner, champion, winning competitor, more...

Collocations: the winner of the [race, contest, match, tournament, competition, league, round], the [race] winner, a [lucky, deserving] winner, more...

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "winner" in the title:

'winner take all' politics
(the) winner
1st place / winner /champion
a / the 2002 Nobel Prize winner
a marketplace that increasingly curved towards intellectual property-driven winner takes all
A poor winner. / I never would've guessed.
a winner in all three of his generation’s big revolutions
a winner-and-a-half
A/an/nil winner
a/the winner
And the winner is: Batman!(Punctuation)
as being a real potential war winner for Nazi Germany
becomes <a><the> winner
brickie rounded an expensive French World Cup winner
came out a winner/ the winners/winners
come away a winner =appear a winner?
comes out a big winner on
competitive nature of a winner
congenial Oscar-winner [congenial?]
drilled home the winner
each winner keeps six people in a full-time job for a year
emerge as (a) winner
emerged the winner
fire in the winner deep in stoppage time
Good winner?
headed a second-half winner
hit a winner off
hit upon a winner
How many...make you the winner (of/in?) the Wimbledon?
I believe the winner to be he/him?
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