win

win · verb

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Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To be successful or victorious in a contest, competition, or conflict.

  2. 2.

    To gain or receive something as a result of success.

  3. 3.

    To gain someone's approval or support.

  4. 4.

    To succeed in reaching a place or state by effort.

  5. 5.

    A victory or success.

Related words

Antonyms: fail, lose
See also: lose, succeed, triumph, victory
Synonyms: conquer, prevail, succeed, triumph

Etymology

From Old English "winnan" meaning "to labor, toil, struggle for, work at," from Proto-Germanic "*winnan" meaning "to seek to gain." The sense shifted from "to strive" to "to be victorious in striving" during Middle English.