WIN - 19 definitions found
win n 1: a victory (as in a race or other competition); "he was happy to get the win" 2: something won (especially money) [syn: winnings, win, profits] [ant: losings, losses] v 1: be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game" [ant: lose] 2: win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance" [syn: acquire, win, gain] [ant: lose] 3: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" [syn: gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground] [ant: drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recede] 4: attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" [syn: succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods] [ant: fail, go wrong, miscarry] A Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon By George Gibbs Win n. English, idem. Wind. The winds are often known by the country from which they blow; as, for instance, on the Columbia, an easterly is a Walla-walla wind; at the mouth of the river, a southerly is a Tilamooks wind, &c. Breath. Ex. Halo wind, out of breath; dead. win wɪn See: HEADS I WIN, TAILS YOU LOSE. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) win I. verb (won; winning) Etymology: Middle English winnen, from Old English winnan to struggle; akin to Old High German winnan to struggle and probably to Latin venus sexual desire, charm, Sanskrit vanas desire, vanoti he strives for Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to get possession of by effort or fortune b. to obtain by work ; earn <striving to win a living from the sterile soil> 2. a. to gain in or as if in battle or contest <won the championship> b. to be the victor in <won the war> 3. a. to make friendly or favorable to oneself or to one's cause — often used with over <won him over with persuasive arguments> b. to induce to accept oneself in marriage <was unable to win the woman he loved> 4. a. to obtain (as ore, coal, or clay) by mining b. to prepare (as a vein or bed) for regular mining c. to recover (as metal) from ore 5. to reach by expenditure of effort intransitive verb 1. to gain the victory in a contest ; succeed 2. to succeed in arriving at a place or a state • winless adjective • winnable adjective II. noun Date: 1862 victory; especially first place at the finish (as of a horse race) Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary win (wins, winning, won) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you win something such as a competition, battle, or argument, you defeat those people you are competing or fighting against, or you do better than everyone else involved. He does not have any realistic chance of winning the election... The top four teams all won... Sanchez Vicario won 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. ≠ lose VERB: V n, V, V amount, also V n amount • Win is also a noun. ...Arsenal's dismal league run of eight games without a win... = victory ≠ defeat N-COUNT 2. If something wins you something such as an election, competition, battle, or argument, it causes you to defeat the people competing with you or fighting you, or to do better than everyone else involved. That sort of gain for Labour is nothing like good enough to win them the general election... ≠ lose VERB: V n n 3. If you win something such as a prize or medal, you get it because you have defeated everyone else in something such as an election, competition, battle, or argument, or have done very well in it. The first correct entry wins the prize... She won bronze for Great Britain in the European Championships. VERB: V n, V n 4. If you win something that you want or need, you succeed in getting it. ...moves to win the support of the poor... British Aerospace has won an order worth 340 million dollars. = gain ≠ lose VERB: V n, V n 5. If something wins you a prize or wins you something else that you want, it causes you to get it. The feat won them a prize of £85,000... ≠ lose VERB: V n n 6. see also winning 7. to lose the battle but win the war: see battle to win the day: see day to win hands down: see hand English Explanatory Dictionary win wɪn v. & n. --v. (winning; past and past part. won) 1 tr. acquire or secure as a result of a fight, contest, bet, litigation, or some other effort (won some money; won my admiration). 2 tr. be victorious in (a fight, game, race, etc.). 3 intr. a be the victor; win a race or contest etc. (who won?; persevere, and you will win). b (foll. by through, free, etc.) make one's way or become by successful effort. 4 tr. reach by effort (win the summit; win the shore). 5 tr. obtain (ore) from a mine. 6 tr. dry (hay etc.) by exposure to the air. --n. victory in a game or bet etc. øwin the day be victorious in battle, argument, etc. win over persuade, gain the support of. win one's spurs 1 colloq. gain distinction or fame. 2 hist. gain a knighthood. win through (or out) overcome obstacles. you can't win colloq. there is no way to succeed. you can't win them all colloq. a resigned expression of consolation on failure. øøwinnable adj. [OE winnan toil, endure: cf. OHG winnan, ON vinna] English-Old English dictionary win 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue WIN A penny, Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) WIN WIssenschaftsNetz (network, DFN) Big Comprehensive Abbreviation Dictionary WIN Big Comprehensive Abbreviation Dictionary win Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Win \Win\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Won, Obs. Wan; p. pr. & vb. n. Winning.] [OE. winnen, AS. winnan to strive, labor, fight, endure; akin to OFries. winna, OS. winnan, D. winnen to win, gain, G. gewinnen, OHG. winnan to strive, struggle, Icel. vinna to labor, suffer, win, Dan. vinde to win, Sw. vinna, Goth. winnan to suffer, Skr. van to wish, get, gain, conquer. [root]138. Cf. Venerate, Winsome, Wish, Wont, a.] 1. To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country. ``This city for to win.'' --Chaucer. ``Who thus shall Canaan win.'' --Milton. Thy well-breathed horse Impels the flying car, and wins the course. --Dryden. 2. To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship. Thy virtue wan me; with virtue preserve me. --Sir P. Sidney. She is a woman; therefore to be won. --Shak. 3. To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury. 4. To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake. [Archaic] Even in the porch he him did win. --Spenser. And when the stony path began, By which the naked peak they wan, Up flew the snowy ptarmigan. --Sir W. Scott. 5. (Mining) To extract, as ore or coal. --Raymond. Syn: To gain; get; procure; earn. See Gain. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Win \Win\, v. i. To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail. Nor is it aught but just That he, who in debate of truth hath won, should win in arms. --Milton. To win of, to be conqueror over. [Obs.] --Shak. To win on or upon. (a) To gain favor or influence with. ``You have a softness and beneficence winning on the hearts of others.'' --Dryden. (b) To gain ground on. ``The rabble . . . will in time win upon power.'' --Shak. Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) win [MIT; now common everywhere] 1. vi. To succeed. A program wins if no unexpected conditions arise, or (especially) if it is sufficiently robust to take exceptions in stride. 2. n. Success, or a specific instance thereof. A pleasing outcome. "So it turned out I could use a lexer generator instead of hand-coding my own pattern recognizer. What a win!" Emphatic forms: `moby win', `super win', `hyper-win' (often used interjectively as a reply). For some reason `suitable win' is also common at MIT, usually in reference to a satisfactory solution to a problem. Oppose lose; see also big win, which isn't quite just an intensification of `win'. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms win I. v. a. 1. Get (by mastery or in competition), gain, obtain, procure, acquire, earn, achieve, catch. 2. Bring over, gain over, get the compliance of. II. v. n. 1. Succeed, be successful, gain the victory. 2. [Archaic or poetical.] Reach, get, arrive. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) win wɪn v. 1 come (in or out) first, carry the day, conquer, overcome; carry off (the palm), finish first (in), achieve first place (in), triumph (in), be victorious (in), be the victor (in), gain a victory (in), prevail (in), succeed (in), take first prize (in), Colloq bring home the bacon: Which team is more likely to win today? We seem to have won the battle but not the war. 2 gain, carry off or away, attain, acquire, get, obtain, secure, procure, receive, collect, net, bag, earn, realize, pick up, glean: Look at all those trophies Gillian has won playing golf! 3 win over. influence, sway, incline, persuade, charm, prevail upon, convert, induce, bring round or around, convince: Don't think that Gilbert can be won over without a strong argument. --n. 4 victory, conquest, triumph, success: So far this season we have recorded six wins and one loss for the Surrey Scouts. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 123 Moby Thesaurus words for "win": Cadmean victory, KO, Pyrrhic victory, accomplish, achieve, acquire, annex, argue into, ascendancy, attain, bag, be seized of, bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, best, bring in, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, captivate, capture, carry, carry away, carry it, carry off, carry the day, catch, chalk up, championship, charm, clobber, come by, come in for, come into, come out first, con, conquer, conquest, contract, convince, corral, defeat, derive, drag down, draw, draw over, earn, easy victory, enter into possession, finish in front, fluke, gain, gain over, gain the day, get, grand slam, harvest, have, hook, hook in, knock down, knockout, landslide, landslide victory, lick, make, make a killing, mastery, moral victory, net, obtain, outtalk, overcome, persuade, pick up, picnic, prevail, prevail on, prevail upon, prevail with, procure, produce, pull down, pushover, reach, realize, reap, runaway victory, sack, score, secure, sell, sell one on, skin, subdual, subduing, success, sway, take, take the cake, talk into, talk over, total victory, triumph, trounce, victory, walkaway, walkover, wangle, wangle into, wear down, win out, win over, win the battle, win the laurels, win the palm, win the prize, win through, winning, winning streak, worst, yield |
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