win

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To conquer, defeat.

   • For the glory, the power to win the Black Lord, I will search for the Emerald Sword.
2. 2

   To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually…

   To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).

   • I well may gang out, love, but I'll never win home.
   • No sooner did I get my freedom than my footsteps began to be dogged by the spies of the Iron Heel. It was necessary that they should be thrown off the track, and that I should win to California.
3. 3

   To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).

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   1. 4

      To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.

      • to win the jackpot in a lottery;  to win a bottle of wine in a raffle
   2. 5

      To obtain (someone) by wooing

      To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).

      • Thy virtue won me; with virtue preserve me.
      • She is a woman; therefore to be won.
      • Mr. Weston seems an excellent creature—quite a first-rate favourite with me already, I assure you. And she appears so truly good—there is something so motherly and kind-hearted about her, that it wins upon one directly.
   3. 6

      To achieve victory.

      • Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a dolphin?
      • Nah, I'd win.
   4. 7

      To have power, coercion or control.

      • Ever since the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Bostonians now run as "One Boston." The terrorists did not win.
   5. 8

      To obtain (something desired).

      • The company hopes to win an order from the government worth over 5 million dollars.
   6. 9

      To cause a victory for someone.

      • The success of the economic policies should win Mr. Smith the next elections.
      • The policy success should win the elections for Mr. Smith.
   7. 10

      To extract (ore, coal, etc.).

   8. 11

      To defeat or surpass someone or something.

   9. 12

      To take priority.

      • If the local filters conflict with the global filters, the global filters always win.
   10. 13

       An individual victory.

       • Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.
       • Giovani dos Santos smashed home a third five minutes later to wrap up the win.
   11. 14

       A feat carried out successfully

       A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.

   12. 15

       Gain

       Gain; profit; income.

   13. 16

       Wealth

       Wealth; goods owned.

   14. 17

       Pleasure

       Pleasure; joy; delight.

   15. 18

       Alternative form of wynn.

   16. 19

       To dry by exposure to the wind.

   17. 20

       A Winchester firearm.

       • Pre-64 Win has a heritage that can't be beat. For me, it's Rems for prarie dogs and paper, Wins (or 1917 Enfields) for stuff that wants to stomp you into a greasy spot on the tundra.
   18. 21

       Windows, an operating system family developed by Microsoft.

   19. 22

       Clipping of Windows key.

   20. 23

       A diminutive of the female given name Winifred.

   21. 24

       A diminutive of the male given name Winston.

       • Winston Piper didn't look right to her in what she thought of as Flaherty's office. […] “My friends call me Win,” he said. “No need for formality.” ¶ “Sure, Win.” He's hinting.
   22. 25

       A surname.

   23. 26

       Initialism of whip inflation now

       Initialism of whip inflation now: a 1974 US political slogan.

The neighborhood

• synonymachieve
• synonymbring home the bacon
• synonymdeserve
• synonymearn
• synonymhit the jackpot
• synonymindebt
• synonymscore
• synonymtriumph
• synonymvictory
• synonymwalk off with
• synonymwin
• antonymlose
• antonymfail