Dictionary

win

see also: Win

Pronunciation

IPA: /wɪn/

Verb

win (wins, present participle winning; past won, past participle won)

(obsolete, transitive) To conquer, defeat.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:
  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
(transitive, intransitive) To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
- , traditional folk song
  I well may gang out, love, but I'll never win home.
- Even in the porch he him did win.
- 1808 February 21, Walter Scott, “(please specify the introduction or canto number, or chapter name)”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: Printed by J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, OCLC 270129616 ↗:
  And when the stony path began, / By which the naked peak they won, / Up flew the snowy ptarmigan.
(transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
(transitive) 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
(transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
- 1589, Sir Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
  Thy virtue won me; with virtue preserve me.
- 1591', William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act V, Scene 3
  She is a woman; therefore to be won.
(intransitive) To achieve victory.
Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a dolphin?
(intransitive) To have power, coercion or control.
Ever since the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Bostonians now run as "One Boston." The terrorists did not win.
(transitive) To obtain (something desired).
The company hopes to win an order from the government worth over 5 million dollars.
(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.
(transitive, mining) To extract (ore, coal, etc.).

Conjugation

conjugation of win

infinitive			win
present participle			winning
past participle			won
	simple		progressive		perfect		perfect progressive
present	I win	we win	I am winning	we are winning	I have won	we have won	I have been winning	we have been winning
	you win	you win	you are winning	you are winning	you have won	you have won	you have been winning	you have been winning
	he wins	they win	he is winning	they are winning	he has won	they have won	he has been winning	they have been winning

past	I won	we won	I was winning	we were winning	I had won	we had won	I had been winning	we had been winning
	you won	you won	you were winning	you were winning	you had won	you had won	you had been winning	you had been winning
	he won	they won	he was winning	they were winning	he had won	they had won	he had been winning	they had been winning

future	I will win	we will win	I will be winning	we will be winning	I will have won	we will have won	I will have been winning	we will have been winning
	you will win	you will win	you will be winning	you will be winning	you will have won	you will have won	you will have been winning	you will have been winning
	he will win	they will win	he will be winning	they will be winning	he will have won	they will have won	he will have been winning	they will have been winning

conditional	I would win	we would win	I would be winning	we would be winning	I would have won	we would have won	I would have been winning	we would have been winning
	you would win	you would win	you would be winning	you would be winning	you would have won	you would have won	you would have been winning	you would have been winning
	he would win	they would win	he would be winning	they would be winning	he would have won	they would have won	he would have been winning	they would have been winning

imperative	win

Translations

French: gagner, vaincre
German: gewinnen
Italian: vincere
Portuguese: vencer, ganhar
Russian: побежда́ть
Spanish: ganar, vencer

Translations

French: conquérir
German: gewinnen, erobern
Italian: guadagnare, ottenere, conquistare
Portuguese: ganhar, conquistar
Russian: добива́ться

Translations

French: gagner
German: siegen, gewinnen
Italian: vincere
Portuguese: vencer, ganhar
Russian: выи́грывать

Noun

win (plural wins)

An individual victory.
Antonyms: loss
Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.
(slang) A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
Antonyms: fail
(obsolete) Gain; profit; income.
(obsolete) Wealth; goods owned.