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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Of or pertaining to a contest, election, or other competition in which only the winner is rewarded and none of the losers receive anything..
You need luck in poker tournaments, because in the nature of this winner-take-all style of play, there will be several occasions when you cannot avoid putting all your money in the pot.
Under winner-take-all elections, many minority candidates find it nearly impossible to win.
[S]he volunteers to take her sister's place at the annual "Hunger Games", a bloody winner-take-all competition in which 24 teens fight to the death.
Use winner-take-all when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Winner-take-all means Of or pertaining to a contest, election, or other competition in which only the winner is rewarded and none of the losers receive anything..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
You need luck in poker tournaments, because in the nature of this winner-take-all style of play, there will be several occasions when you cannot avoid putting all your money in the pot.
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