to win a war/fight/ argument
win /win/ [u I/T] to be more successful than someone in a war, a fight, or an argument: The English army won a great victory at Agincourt. I I could never win an argument with my big brother. winning - won - have won
defeat /di'fiit/ [u T] especially written if a
leader, army, or country defeats another leader, army, or country, they win a war or battle against them: Wellington's army finally defeated Napoleon, defeat [n C] the defeat of the Republican army in Spain
to be winning a game,
race etc that has not yet finished
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be winning ,/bi: 'win»]/ to have more points than your opponents in a game, or to be at the front in a race, even thoughthe game or race has not yet finished: / think Sampras is winning at the moment.
be in the lead /bi: in cte li:d/ to be in
front of everyone else in a race, or to have the most points in a competition, when the race or competition has not yet finished: Who's in the lead? I Karpou was still in the lead, but only by one point.
be ahead /bi: 3'hed/ to be doing better than someone else in a game, competition, race, or election: For the first half of the game, the Dodgers were ahead. + of With over half the votes counted, the Socialists were ahead of all the other parties.
be 12 points/5 games etc ahead Damon Hill is now 14 points ahead of his nearest rival.
В the person or team that wins
winner /'win3r; [n C] someone who has won a game, race, competition, or election: The winner will receive $50,000 in cash. I Chelsea were the winners with a late goal from Vialli. + of And the winner of tonight's big prize is ... Peter Lewis!
champion /'tjsempbn/ [n C] someone who has won an important sports competition: Michael Stich, the 1991 Wimbledon men's champion world champion (=the winner of the most important competition in a particular sport) Hill finally achieved his dream of becoming Formula 1 World Champion.
winning /'win»]/ [adj onl# before noun| winning team/player/horse etc the
team, player etc that wins: The crowd cheered the winning team. I Tradit/on- ally, the winning crew buys drinks for the losers.
13 an occasion when someone wins
victory /'viktori/ In C/U] when a country, player, team etc wins a battle, game, race etc: The crowd was celebrating Italy's victory. I Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz I Clinton's second election victory I victory celebrations + over/against Their 24-3 victory over the Australians was completely unexpected.
win a victory Holyfield gained the world title by winning an unexpected victory over Mike Tyson.
plural victories
win /win/ [n C] when a team or player wins in a sport or competition - used especially in news reports: It was an important win for Manchester United. I celebrating a big lottery win
+ over/against a 12-3 win against the French
Ш something that you get when you win
prize /praiz/ In C] something that is given to the person who wins a competition, game, or race: The prize is a 3-week holiday in the Bahamas, first! secondjthird prize Second prize is a book token.
win/get a prize She won the Booker Prize for her novel 'The Ghost Road'.
cup /клр/ [n С] a special silver or gold container, shaped like a large cup with two handles, that is given to the winner of a sports competition: The Queen presented the cup to the captain of the winning team.
medal /'medl/ [n С] a round flat piece of metal that is given to someone who has won a race, game, or competition: The winning team went up to collect their medals.
gold/silver/bronze medal (-a medal for coming first/second/third) The gold medal was won by Anna Suensen.
award /s'woi'd/ln С] a prize that someone wins for achieving something important or doing something very well + for One of the firefighters was given an award for bravery. win an award Meryl Streep won the best actress award.
Don't use award to talk about sports.
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woman /'woman/ [n С] a female adult:
Who's that woman you were talking to just now? IRebecca Stephens was the first British woman to climb Mount Qomo- langma. I In some African countries, the women do most of the agricultural work. plural women
Woman Can also be used before a noun, like an adjective: Britain's first woman : Prime Minister I Some companies offer tow- ; cost insurance to women drivers.
lady /'leidi/ |n С] a polite word for а woman, especially a woman who is there when you are speaking about her: There's a lady here who wants to speak to you about her account. 1 Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to welcome you here tonight.
Many young women do not like being
called 'girls' and prefer to be called women
old lady Ella is a lovely old lady. plural ladies
Some women do not like being called 'ladies' and prefer to be called women.
/emale /filmed/ [adj usually before noun] formal a female worker, teacher, singer etc is a woman or girl - use this especially to talk about jobs that women do: The city has a female police chief. 1 Female students tend to get better grades than male students. I a company with a mainly female workforce
RELATIONSHIP
girl /g3:rl/ |n C) a young woman: He's going out with that girl who works in the library.
В what you call a woman when you speak to her or write to her
Mrs /'mis^z/ use this before the family name of a woman who is married: It's Mrs Hawksworth's 70th birthday this weekend. I Mrs Thomas, the doctor is ready to see you now.