win
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
computing
engineering
mathematics
mining
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English winnen, from Old English winnan (“to labour, swink, toil,”) (compare Old English ġewinnan (“conquer, obtain, gain; endure, bear, suffer; be ill”)), from Proto-West Germanic *winnan, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną (“to swink, labour, win, gain, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian wan, wane, wen, wine, wune (“to win”), Saterland Frisian and West Frisian winne (“to win”), Cimbrian gabènnan (“to win”), Dutch and Low German winnen (“to win”), German gewinnen (“to win”), Luxembourgish gewannen (“to win”), Danish vinde (“to win”), Faroese and Icelandic vinna (“to win”), Norwegian Bokmål vinne (“to win”), Norwegian Nynorsk vinna, vinne (“to win”), Swedish vinna (“to win”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (winnan, “to suffer”); also Latin venus (“beauty, charm, elegance, grace; beloved, love”), Albanian vuaj, vuj (“to suffer; to endure”), Sanskrit वनोति (vanoti, “to desire, like, love, wish; to gain, procure; to win; to prepare; to hurt, injure”).
Inflected forms:
form: wins
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: winning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: won
pos: verb
tags: past
form: wan
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
past
form: won
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: win
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: win
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: won
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: win
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: winnest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: won
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: wonnest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: wins
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: winneth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: won
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: win
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: won
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: win
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: won
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: win
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: winning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: won
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: wins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To conquer, defeat.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: For and we doo bataille we two wyl fyghte with one knyȝt at ones
 and therfore yf ye wille fyghte ſoo we wille be redy at what houre ye wille aſſigne
 And yf ye wynne vs in bataille the lady ſhal haue her landes ageyne
 ye ſay wel ſayd ſir Vwayne
 therfor make yow redy ſo that ye be here to morne in the defence of the ladyes ryght
For the glory, the power to win the Black Lord, I will search for the Emerald Sword.
gloss: To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: 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.
As this position was vulnerable, a trench was immediately begun from the junction of the Green Line with Lager Alley, back to the old British front line, in order to form a defensive flank for the protection of the troops of the 5th Infantry Brigade who had won through to their objective.
Parson Brooke was transferred in a couple of years to the Southwark mint, on dissolution of which he won back to the Tower, there to experiment with machinery in Mary's reign.
That euen in the Porch he him did win,
 And cleft his head aſunder to his chin
And when the stony path began,
 By which the naked peak they won,
 Up flew the snowy ptarmigan.
“Has he nae friends?” said she, in a tearful voice.
“That has he so!” cried Alan, “if we could but win to them!—friends and rich friends, beds to lie in, food to eat, doctors to see to him—and here he must tramp in the dubs and sleep in the heather like a beggarman.”
gloss: To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to win the jackpot in a lottery;  to win a bottle of wine in a raffle
gloss: To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To achieve victory.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a dolphin?
Nah, I'd win.
gloss: To have power, coercion or control.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Ever since the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Bostonians now run as "One Boston." The terrorists did not win.
gloss: To obtain (something desired).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The company hopes to win an order from the government worth over 5 million dollars.
gloss: To cause a victory for someone.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The success of the economic policies should win Mr. Smith the next elections.
The policy success should win the elections for Mr. Smith.
gloss: To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To defeat or surpass someone or something.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
gloss: To take priority.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
examples: If the local filters conflict with the global filters, the global filters always win.
gloss: An individual victory.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: Gain; profit; income.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: Wealth; goods owned.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
Synonyms: achieve
bring home the bacon
deserve
earn
hit the jackpot
indebt
score
triumph
victory
walk off with
win
Antonyms: lose
fail
Derived words: bewin
faint heart never won fair lady
hard-won
money won is twice as sweet as money earned
must-win
nearly never won the race
not win for losing
overwin
pay to win
play to win
the terrorists will have won
what wins on Sunday sells on Monday
win around
win back
win big
win by a nose
win friends
winner
winning
winnings
win one for the Gipper
win one's spurs
win or lose
win out
win over
win round
win someone's heart
win the day
win the internet
win the lottery
win through
win up
you can't win them all
you have to be in it to win it
you've got to be in it to win it
for the win
no-win
win-win
you win
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: wen
lang: Albanian
word: fitoj
lang: Arabic
word: رَبِحَ
roman: rabiḥa
lang: Arabic
word: كَسَبَ
roman: kasaba
lang: Arabic
word: فَازَ
roman: fāza
lang: Arabic
word: كسب
roman: kasab
lang: Arabic
word: فاز
roman: fāz
lang: Arabic
word: فاز
roman: fāz
lang: Arabic
word: اَنتصر
roman: antaṣar
lang: Arabic
word: كِسِب
roman: kisib
lang: Iraqi Arabic
word: فاز
roman: fāz
lang: Iraqi Arabic
word: غلب
roman: ḡelab
lang: Arabic
word: ربح
roman: rbaḥ
lang: Arabic
word: فاز
roman: fāz
lang: Arabic
word: فاز
roman: fāz
lang: Arabic
word: ربح
roman: ríbiḥ
lang: Arabic
word: كِسِب
roman: kísib
lang: Armenian
word: հաղթել
roman: haġtʻel
lang: Assamese
word: জিকা
roman: zika
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qazanmaq
lang: Bashkir
word: еңеү
roman: yeñew
lang: Belarusian
word: перамага́ць
roman: pjeramahácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: перамагчы́
roman: pjeramahčý
lang: Bengali
word: জেতা
roman: jeta
lang: Central Bikol
word: gana
lang: Bulgarian
word: побежда́вам
roman: pobeždávam
lang: Bulgarian
word: победя́
roman: pobedjá
lang: Burmese
word: အောင်မြင်
roman: aungmrang
lang: Burmese
word: အောင်
roman: aung
lang: Burmese
word: နိုင်
roman: nuing
lang: Catalan
word: guanyar
lang: Catalan
word: vèncer
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 贏 /赢
roman: jeng⁴
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 勝利 /胜利
lang: Chinese
word: 贏 /赢
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 勝利 /胜利
roman: sèng-lī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 贏 /赢
roman: yíng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 勝利 /胜利
roman: shènglì
lang: Chinook Jargon
word: tulu
lang: Chukchi
word: рыпэԓкувык
roman: rypėḷkuvyk
lang: Chuvash
word: ҫӗн
roman: śĕn
lang: Czech
word: vítězit
lang: Czech
word: zvítězit
lang: Czech
word: vyhrát
lang: Danish
word: vinde
lang: Dutch
word: winnen
lang: Dutch
word: overwinnen
lang: Dzongkha
word: རྒྱལ
roman: rgyal
lang: Esperanto
word: venki
lang: Estonian
word: võitma
lang: Faroese
word: vinna
lang: Finnish
word: voittaa
lang: French
word: gagner
lang: French
word: vaincre
lang: North Frisian
word: wan
lang: Old Frisian
word: winna
lang: Galician
word: gañar
lang: Georgian
word: გამარჯვება
roman: gamarǯveba
lang: Georgian
word: მოგება
roman: mogeba
lang: German
word: gewinnen
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽
roman: winnan
lang: Greek
word: νικώ
roman: nikó
lang: Ancient Greek
word: νικάω
roman: nikáō
lang: Hebrew
word: ניצח
lang: Hebrew
word: נִצֵּחַ
roman: nitséakh
lang: Hebrew
word: זָכָה
roman: zakhá
lang: Hindi
word: जीतना
roman: jītnā
lang: White Hmong
word: yeeg
lang: Hungarian
word: nyer
lang: Icelandic
word: vinna
lang: Ido
word: ganar
lang: Indonesian
word: menang
lang: Ingrian
word: voittaa
lang: Irish
word: buaigh
lang: Irish
word: gnóthaigh
lang: Italian
word: vincere
lang: Italian
word: guadagnare
lang: Japanese
word: 勝つ
roman: katsu
lang: Japanese
word: 勝利する
roman: shōri suru
lang: Javanese
word: menang
lang: Kazakh
word: жеңу
roman: jeñu
lang: Khmer
word: ឈ្នះ
roman: chnĕəh
lang: Korean
word: 이기다
roman: igida
lang: Korean
word: 승리하다
roman: seungnihada
lang: Central Kurdish
word: بِردِنەوە
roman: birdinewe
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жеңүү
roman: jeŋüü
lang: Lao
word: ຊະນະ
roman: sa na
lang: Latin
word: vincō
lang: Latvian
word: uzvarēt
lang: Lingala
word: lónga
lang: Lithuanian
word: nugalėti
lang: Lombard
word: veng
lang: Low German
word: winnen
lang: Lutuv
word: te
lang: Luxembourgish
word: gewannen
lang: Macedonian
word: победува
roman: pobeduva
lang: Macedonian
word: победи
roman: pobedi
lang: Macedonian
word: освојува
roman: osvojuva
lang: Malay
word: menangi
lang: Maltese
word: rebaħ
lang: Marathi
word: जिंकणे
roman: jiṅkṇe
lang: Middle English
word: winnen
lang: Mongolian
word: хожих
roman: xožix
lang: Nanai
word: хэтэ-
roman: hete-
lang: Navajo
word: dah honiłné
lang: Nepali
word: जित्नु
roman: jitnu
lang: Norman
word: gângni
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: vinne
lang: Occitan
word: ganhar
lang: Occitan
word: véncer
lang: Church Slavic
word: побѣдити
roman: poběditi
lang: Old English
word: winnan
lang: Old Saxon
word: winnan
lang: Oromo
word: mo'uu
lang: Pashto
word: ګټل
roman: gaṭᶕl
lang: Persian
word: بردن
roman: bordan
lang: Persian
word: پیروز شدن
roman: piruz šodan
lang: Piedmontese
word: vince
lang: Polish
word: zwyciężać
lang: Polish
word: zwyciężyć
lang: Polish
word: wygrywać
lang: Polish
word: wygrać
lang: Portuguese
word: vencer
lang: Portuguese
word: ganhar
lang: Quechua
word: atiy
lang: Romanian
word: câștiga
lang: Romanian
word: învinge
lang: Romansh
word: gudagnar
lang: Russian
word: побежда́ть
roman: pobeždátʹ
lang: Russian
word: победи́ть
roman: pobedítʹ
lang: Russian
word: поби́ть
roman: pobítʹ
lang: Russian
word: выи́грывать
roman: vyígryvatʹ
lang: Russian
word: вы́играть
roman: výigratʹ
lang: Sanskrit
word: जयति
roman: jayati
lang: Sardinian
word: bínchere
lang: Sardinian
word: binci
lang: Sardinian
word: bínciri
lang: Sardinian
word: bínghere
lang: Sardinian
word: vínchere
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: побеђи́вати
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: побјеђи́вати
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: побе́дити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: побије́дити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pobeđívati
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pobjeđívati
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pobéditi
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pobijéditi
lang: Sherpa
word: རྒྱལ
roman: rgyal
lang: Sicilian
word: vinciri
lang: Sicilian
word: vìnciri
lang: Slovak
word: víťaziť
lang: Slovak
word: zvíťaziť
lang: Slovene
word: zmagovati
lang: Slovene
word: zmagati
lang: Spanish
word: ganar
lang: Spanish
word: vencer
lang: Spanish
word: adjudicarse
lang: Swedish
word: vinna
lang: Swedish
word: segra
lang: Tajik
word: бурдан
roman: burdan
lang: Tajik
word: бурд кардан
roman: burd kardan
lang: Tajik
word: ғалаба кардан
roman: ġalaba kardan
lang: Tamil
word: ஜெயி
roman: jeyi
lang: Tamil
word: வெற்றி கொள்
roman: veṟṟi koḷ
lang: Tamil
word: வெல்
roman: vel
lang: Tatar
word: җиңәргә
roman: ciñärgä
lang: Tatar
word: җиңү
roman: ciñü
lang: Telugu
word: గెలుచు
roman: gelucu
lang: Telugu
word: గెలుపొందు
roman: gelupondu
lang: Thai
word: ชนะ
roman: chá-ná
lang: Thai
word: เอาชนะ
roman: ao-chá-ná
lang: Tibetan
word: ཐོབ
roman: thob
lang: Tibetan
word: རྒྱལ
roman: rgyal
lang: Turkish
word: kazanmak
lang: Turkish
word: yenmek
lang: Turkmen
word: utmak
lang: Turkmen
word: ýeňmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: перемага́ти
roman: peremaháty
lang: Ukrainian
word: перемогти́
roman: peremohtý
lang: Urdu
word: جیتنا
roman: jītnā
lang: Uyghur
word: ئۇتماق
roman: utmaq
lang: Uzbek
word: yutmoq
lang: Uzbek
word: gʻalaba qozonmoq
lang: Uzbek
word: gʻolib chiqmoq
lang: Uzbek
word: yengmoq
lang: Venetan
word: vinsar
lang: Venetan
word: vìnser
lang: Venetan
word: vénsar
lang: Venetan
word: vénser
lang: Venetan
word: vinẑer
lang: Vietnamese
word: thắng
lang: Vietnamese
word: chiến thắng
lang: Vietnamese
word: thắng lợi
lang: Walloon
word: wangnî
lang: Walloon
word: vinki
lang: Woiwurrung
word: toengorrt tani
lang: Yiddish
word: געווינען
roman: gevinen
lang: Yiddish
word: מנצח זײַן
roman: menatseyekh zayn