win
Signification (English)
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- An individual victory.
- (slang) A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
- (obsolete) Gain; profit; income.
- (obsolete) Wealth; goods owned.
Concepts
mettre en gage
obtenir gain de cause
remporter la victoire
triompher de
être victorieux
Synonyms
be victorious
gain a victory
triumph over
profit from
scomfit
run fast
take charge of
beat someone
make name
captivate
gain victory
acquire by conquest
have the best
last laugh
become strong
be the best
excell
get advantage over
be the champion
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/wɪn/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English winn, winne, from Old English winn (“toil, labor, trouble, hardship; profit, gain; conflict, strife, war”), from Proto-Germanic *winną (“labour, struggle, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, desire, wish, love”). Cognate with German Gewinn (“profit, gain”), Dutch gewin (“profit, gain”).
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