winner
winner
/ˈwɪnə(r)/
1 a person, a team, an animal, etc. that wins something
The lucky winner gets an all-expenses-paid trip to Sydney.
an award winner
a medal/prize winner
a raffle/jackpot winner
the winner of a prize/an award
The winners of the competition will be announced next month.
There are no winners in a divorce (= everyone suffers).
They were decisively beaten by the eventual winners, Spain.
A panel of celebrity judges will pick the winners.
Several factors make the difference between winners and losers.
the 2018 World Cup winners
Johnson rode his 48th winner of the year.
Labour was the clear winner in Scotland.
Collocations
adjective
verb + winner
look like
winner + verb
get something
preposition
winner against
winner over
winner of
2 usually singular (informal) a thing or person that is successful or likely to be successful I think your idea is a winner.
onto a winner The design is very good. We could be onto a winner (= we may do or produce something successful).
3 singular (sport) a goal or point that causes a team or a person to win a game Morgan scored the winner after 20 minutes.
Idioms