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win·ning / ˈwining/ • adj. 1. gaining, resulting in, or relating to victory in a contest or competition: a winning streak.2. attractive; endearing: a winning smile.• n. 1. (winnings) money won, esp. by gambling: he went to collect his winnings.2. Mining a shaft or pit together with the apparatus for extracting coal or other minerals.DERIVATIVES: win·ning·ly adv. (in sense 2 of the adjective ).