winner
winner
noun
/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.
TOPICS Games and toys A2
Collocations
adjective
overall
outright
eventual
verb + winner
emerge as
look
look like
winner + verb
get something
receive 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).
TOPICS Success A2
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.
COMPARE loser
Idioms
pick a winner