win

English

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Etymology

Old English winnan (“to strive, labor, fight, endure”). Cognate with German gewinnen, Dutch winnen, Swedish vinna.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /wɪn/, SAMPA: /wIn/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪn

Verb

win (third-person singular simple present wins, present participle winning, simple past and past participle won)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To conquer, defeat.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:

     And yf ye wynne vs in bataille the lady shal haue her landes ageyne [...].

   • 1998, Rhapsody, Emerald Sword:

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

2. (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc).
3. (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing.
4. (intransitive) To achieve victory.

   Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a dolphin?

5. (transitive) To obtain something that is wanted.

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

6. (transitive) 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.

Derived terms

• win friends
• win up

Translations

transitive: achieve victory in

Arabic: انتصر (ar) (intáSara), ربح (ar) (rábiHa) Armenian: հաղթել (hy) (haġt’el) Catalan: guanyar, vèncer Chinese: Mandarin: 贏 (cmn), 赢 (cmn) (yíng), 勝利 (cmn), 胜利 (cmn) (shènglì) Czech: vyhrát (cs), zvítězit (cs) Dutch: winnen (nl), overwinnen (nl) Esperanto: venki (eo) Finnish: voittaa (fi) French: gagner (fr), vaincre (fr) Georgian: გამარჯვება (ka) (gamarj'veba) German: gewinnen (de) Hindi: जीतना (hi) (jītnā) Hungarian: nyer (hu) Ido: ganar (io) Irish: buaigh (ga) Italian: vincere (it) Japanese: 勝つ (ja) (かつ, katsu), 勝利する (ja) (しょうりする, shōri-suru) Korean: 이기다 (ko) (igida)

Latin: vinco (la) Luxembourgish: gewannen (lb) Navajo: honeezná Norwegian: vinne (no) Occitan: ganhar Persian: بردن (fa) (bordan) Polish: wygrać (pl), wygrywać (pl) Portuguese: vencer (pt), ganhar (pt) Romanian: câștiga (ro), învinge (ro) Romansch: gudagnar Russian: побеждать (ru) (pobeždát’) impf., победить (ru) (pobedít’) pf., побить (ru) (pobít’) pf., выигрывать (ru) (vyígryvat’) impf., выиграть (ru) pf. Sardinian: bínchere Spanish: ganar (es) Swedish: vinna (sv) Telugu: గెలుచు (geluchu), గెలుపొందు (gelupondu) Thai: ชนะ (th) (chá-ná) Turkish: kazanmak (tr) Urdu: جیتنا (ur) (jītnā) Vietnamese: thắng (vi)

obtain (someone) by wooing

French: conquérir (fr) German: gewinnen (de), erobern (de) Hungarian: meghódít (hu), megnyer (hu)

Italian: guadagnare (it), ottenere (it) Latin: lucror (la), obtineo (la), consequor (la) Norwegian: vinne (no)

intransitive: achieve by winning

Armenian: հաղթել (hy) (haġt’el) Catalan: guanyar, vèncer Dutch: winnen (nl), overwinnen (nl) Finnish: voittaa (fi) French: gagner (fr) German: siegen (de), gewinnen (de) Italian: vincere (it) Japanese: 勝つ (かつ, katsu), 勝利する (しょうりする, shōri-suru) Korean: 이기다 (ko) (igida) Latin: vincere (la) Norwegian: vinne (no), overvinne (no)

Occitan: ganhar Polish: wygrywać (pl), zwyciężać (pl) Romanian: câștiga (ro), învinge (ro) Romansch: gudagnar Russian: выигрывать (ru) impf., выиграть (ru) pf., побеждать (ru) impf., победить (ru) pf. Sardinian: bínchere Swedish: vinna (sv) Telugu: గెలుచుకొను (geluchukonu) Turkish: kazanmak (tr)

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Hebrew: לנצח

Indonesian: menang, memenangkan Interlingua: ganiar

Noun

win (plural wins)

1. An individual victory.

   Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.

   • 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, BBC Sport:

     Giovani dos Santos smashed home a third five minutes later to wrap up the win.

Translations

individual victory

Armenian: հաղթանակ (hy) (haġt’anak) Catalan: victòria f. Chinese: 勝利, 贏 Czech: výhra (cs) f. Dutch: overwinning (nl) f. Finnish: voitto (fi) French: gain (fr) m., victoire (fr) f. Greek: νίκη (el) Hebrew: נצחון m. Irish: bua (ga) m. Italian: vittoria (it) f.

Japanese: 勝ち (kachi), 勝利 (shōri) Kurdish: بردنه‌وه‌ Norwegian: seier (no) m. Polish: wygrana f., zwycięstwo n. Romanian: victorie (ro) f. Romansch: victoria f. Russian: выигрыш (ru), победа (ru) Sardinian: vitória f. Scottish Gaelic: buaidh (gd) f. Swedish: seger (sv) c., vinst (sv) c. Telugu: గెలుపు (gelupu)

Derived terms

• winning
• winnings
• winner
• for the win
• you win
• win back
• win through
• win round
• win out
• win over

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪn
• IPA: /wɪn/, SAMPA: /wIn/

Verb

win

1. first-person singular present indicative of winnen.
2. imperative of winnen.

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Old Dutch

Noun

wīn m.

1. wine

Descendants

• Dutch: wijn

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Old English

Etymology

From Germanic, from Latin vinum. Cognate with Old Saxon wīn (Dutch wijn), Old High German wīn (German Wein), Old Norse vín (Swedish vin), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /wiːn/

Noun

wīn n.

1. wine

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Polish

Noun

win

1. genitive plural of wino
2. genitive plural of wina

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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English wind.

Noun

win

1. wind

Derived terms

• big win