"winner-take-all" meaning in English

See winner-take-all in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} winner-take-all (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to a contest, election, or other competition in which only the winner is rewarded and none of the losers receive anything. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Games Translations (pertaining to a contest in which only the winner is rewarded): 贏者通吃 (Chinese Mandarin), 赢者通吃 (yíngzhě tōngchī) (Chinese Mandarin), voittaja vie koko potin (Finnish), kaikki tai ei mitään (Finnish), tout-va-au-vainqueur (French), המנצח זוכה בכול (Hebrew), המנצח זוכה בכל הקופה (Hebrew), taki, w jakim zwycięzca bierze wszystko (Polish)
    Sense id: en-winner-take-all-en-adj-35iwzA-V Disambiguation of Games: 27 36 37 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 40 36 Disambiguation of 'pertaining to a contest in which only the winner is rewarded': 70 22 9
  2. (economics) Of a market in which a product or service that is only slightly better than its competitors receives a disproportionately large share of revenue. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Economics, Gambling, Games
    Sense id: en-winner-take-all-en-adj-I8U2kOEW Disambiguation of Gambling: 25 42 33 Disambiguation of Games: 27 36 37 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 40 36 Topics: economics, sciences
  3. (computing) Of a neural network model: organized so that neurons in a layer compete with each other for activation. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing, Games, Sports
    Sense id: en-winner-take-all-en-adj-VdTHRV0v Disambiguation of Games: 27 36 37 Disambiguation of Sports: 32 26 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 29 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 40 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 30 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 26 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 30 43 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 27 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 30 28 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 28 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 28 43 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: winner take all, winner-takes-all, winner takes all, winners take all Related terms: the winner takes it all, to the victor go the spoils

Alternative forms

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