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

Verb

To dry by exposure to the wind.

Opposite of

loss, fail

Synonyms

gain

victory

triumph

😤

earn

defeat

beat

overcome

conquer

get

succeed

obtain

success

achieve

acquire

vanquish

profit

take

attain

victorious

reach

surpass

secure

conquest

come through

winnings

accrue

attract

profits

procure

pass

benefit

outdo

excel

enlist

advantage

deliver the goods

subdue

be victorious

canvass

acquit

rally

recruit

bring home the bacon

arrive at

compete

best

prevail

scoop

get ahead

accomplish

Translations

gagner

gewinnen

vincere

ganar

siegen

winnen

vaincre

vencer

guadagnare

guanyar

victoire

ganhar

Sieg

vittoria

vencer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: winn

Inherited from Old English: winn

Cognate with German: Gewinn

Cognate with Dutch: gewin

Inherited from Middle English: wynne

Inherited from Old English: wynn

Cognate with German: Wonne

Cognate with Dutch: wonne

Cognate with Danish: ynde

Cognate with Icelandic: yndi

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”).

Sentences

This win influenced girls to want to play soccer on a team .

He became the first Frenchman to win the World Championship .