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- [win]
- /wɪn/
- /wɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [win]
- /wɪn/
Definitions of win word
- verb without object win to finish first in a race, contest, or the like. 1
- verb without object win to succeed by striving or effort: He applied for a scholarship and won. 1
- verb without object win to gain the victory; overcome an adversary: The home team won. 1
- verb without object win Slang. to be successful or competent and be acknowledged for it: My sister wins at getting the biggest bargains. Compare fail (def 9). 1
- verb with object win to dry (hay, wood, etc.) by exposure to air and sun. 1
- noun win a victory, as in a game or horse race. 1
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Origin of win
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English winnen (v.), Old English winnan to work, fight, bear; cognate with German gewinnen, Old Norse vinna, Gothic winnan
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Parts of speech for Win
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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
win popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
win usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for win
noun win
- victory — a success or triumph over an enemy in battle or war.
- success — the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
- triumph — the act, fact, or condition of being victorious or triumphant; victory; conquest.
- landslide — the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
- conquest — Conquest is the act of conquering a country or group of people.
verb win
- succeed — to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
- prevail — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
- achieve — If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
- beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- edge — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
Antonyms for win
noun win
- defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- forfeit — a fine; penalty.
- loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
verb win
- lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
- depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
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