win

CEFRA1

/ˈwɪn/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To succeed in a competition, game, or struggle.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • Did you say that I could never win?

  • She desperately wanted to win her father's approval.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

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

  2. To conquer, defeat.

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

More examples

In context

  • Your team doesn't have a prayer to win the championship game.

  • I well may gang out, love, but I'll never win home.

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

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Origin

verb

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”),...