win

Meaning

Noun

1. An individual victory.
2. (slang) A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
3. (obsolete) Gain; profit; income.
4. (obsolete) Wealth; goods owned.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To conquer, defeat.
2. To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
3. To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
4. To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
5. To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
6. To achieve victory.
7. To have power, coercion or control.
8. To obtain (something desired).
9. To cause a victory for someone.
10. To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
11. (informal) To defeat or surpass someone or something.

Verb

To dry by exposure to the wind.

Concepts

win

gain

victory

triumph

earn

defeat

beat

overcome

conquer

get

succeed

obtain

success

achieve

acquire

vanquish

profit

take

attain

victorious

reach

surpass

secure

conquest

accrue

attract

come through

winnings

enlist

advantage

benefit

subdue

be victorious

deliver the goods

profits

pass

procure

excel

outdo

canvass

enrol

rally

recruit

woo

accomplish

arrive at

capture

catch

gain a victory

triumph over

carry off

winning

advance

gain ground

get ahead

make headway

pull ahead

bring home the bacon

compete

prevail

scoop

best

outplay

come first

exceed

successful

take over

acquit

hit

beat out

trounce

earnings

revenue

carry out

carry the day

carry through

allure

beguile

bewitch

cajole

captivate

charm

delight

draw

enamor

enchant

enrapture

hypnotize

lure

mesmerize

please

seduce

score

gain victory

shoot down

drive

ride

grab

bear off

spoil

acquire by conquest

overtake

deserve

pot

straight

master

reap

win over

deserted

attack

abuse

bear

contradict

escape

dominate

predominate

preponderate

outpoint

profit from

win out

Nike

flying colors

vanquishment

victoriousness

beat off

overpower

be the best

be the champion

champion

winner

eat

collect

take charge of

accorded

granted

receive

bet

pawn

bring off

come off

get in

go off

hit the jackpot

make it

make out

pan out

pull off

carve out

catch up

compass

find

test

carry

have the best

letter

lick

outgo

outmatch

pip

quell

sack

shell

transcend

award

last laugh

derive

earn a living

enroll

place

surmount

leave behind

competition

get advantage over

assert

catch on

come

establish

prove

make name

and

prepossess

overwhelm

thrash

fight

suffer

Pyrrhic victory

sig

victories

scomfit

excell

outrun

outstrip

become strong

beat someone

crossroad

run fast

rise above

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɪn/

Etymology

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”).

Sentences

He became the first Frenchman to win the World Championship .