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winner
winner S3 W2 /ˈwɪnə $ -ər/ noun
 Word Family: noun: win, winner, winnings; verb: win; adjective: winning
1. [countable] a person or animal that has won something
   OPP  loser
    winner of
    the winner of the Ladies’ Championship
    Five lucky winners will each receive a signed copy of the album.
    As a jockey he rode 10 winners.
    prize/award/medal etc winner
    a Nobel prize winner
2. [countable] informal someone or something that is or is likely to be very popular and successful:
    The book has proved to be a winner with young children.
    The company seems to be onto a winner (=doing something that is likely to be successful).
3. [singular] a goal or point that makes someone win a game such as football or tennis:
    Moran scored the winner with only two minutes left.
4. [countable usually plural] the person who gets most of the advantages from a situation
   OPP  loser:
    In a capitalist society there will always be winners and losers.
    The real winners this summer have been the sun cream manufacturers.
     
THESAURUS
■ someone who wins something
    winner the person or thing that wins a race, competition etc: A prize of £500 will be awarded to the winner.
    the winning team/player/horse etc the one that wins: The winning team will go through to the grand final in Milan.
    champion (also the title holder American English) someone who has won a competition, especially in sport: He became the heavyweight boxing champion.
    record-holder someone who has achieved the fastest speed, the longest distance etc in a sport: the world high-jump record-holder


Winner
Winner, Michael
(1935–) a British film director known for his violent films such as Death Wish (1974), The Big Sleep (1977), and Bullseye (1990). He appears in television advertisements for an insurance company, and is also well known as a restaurant critic.