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win

1  [win] verb, won, win⋅ning, noun
Use win in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
2. to succeed by striving or effort: He applied for a scholarship and won.
3. to gain the victory; overcome an adversary: The home team won.
–verb (used with object)
4. to succeed in reaching (a place, condition, etc.), esp. by great effort: They won the shore through a violent storm.
5. to get by effort, as through labor, competition, or conquest: He won his post after years of striving.
6. to gain (a prize, fame, etc.).
7. to be successful in (a game, battle, etc.).
8. to make (one's way), as by effort or ability.
9. to attain or reach (a point, goal, etc.).
10. to gain (favor, love, consent, etc.), as by qualities or influence.
11. to gain the favor, regard, or adherence of.
12. to gain the consent or support of; persuade (often fol. by over): The speech won them over to our side.
13. to persuade to marry; gain in marriage.
14. British Mining.
a. to obtain (ore, coal, etc.).
b. to prepare (a vein, bed, mine, etc.) for working, by means of shafts or the like.
–noun
15. a victory, as in a game or horse race.
16. the position of the competitor who comes in first in a horse race, harness race, etc. Compare place (def. 27b), show (def. 27).
—Verb phrase
17. win out, to win or succeed, esp. over great odds; triumph: His finer nature finally won out.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME winnen (v.), OE winnan to work, fight, bear; c. G gewinnen, ON vinna, Goth winnan

Related forms:
win⋅na⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
5. obtain, secure, acquire, achieve, reach, procure. See gain 1 . 12. convince.
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win

2  [win]
–verb (used with object), winned, win⋅ning. Scot. and North England.
to dry (hay, wood, etc.) by exposure to air and sun.
Origin:
1550–60; perh. var. of winnow
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win   (wĭn)   
v.   won (wŭn), win·ning, wins

v.   intr.
  1. To achieve victory or finish first in a competition.
  2. To achieve success in an effort or venture: struggled to overcome the handicap and finally won.
v.   tr.
  1. To achieve victory or finish first in.
  2. To receive as a prize or reward for performance.
    1. To achieve or attain by effort: win concessions in negotiations.
    2. To obtain or earn (a livelihood, for example). See Synonyms at earn1.
    3. To gain the affection or loyalty of.
    4. To appeal successfully to (someone's sympathy, for example).
    5. To persuade (another) to marry one: He wooed and won her.
    6. To discover and open (a vein or deposit) in mining.
    7. To extract from a mine or from mined ore.
  4. To make (one's way) with effort.
  5. To reach with difficulty: The ship won a safe port.
  6. To take in battle; capture: won the heights after a fierce attack.
  7. To succeed in gaining the favor or support of; prevail on: Her eloquence won over the audience.
    1. To gain the affection or loyalty of.
    2. To appeal successfully to (someone's sympathy, for example).
    3. To persuade (another) to marry one: He wooed and won her.
    4. To discover and open (a vein or deposit) in mining.
    5. To extract from a mine or from mined ore.
    1. To discover and open (a vein or deposit) in mining.
    2. To extract from a mine or from mined ore.
n.  
    1. A victory, especially in a competition.
    2. First place in a competition.
  2. An amount won or earned.
Phrasal Verb(s):
win outTo succeed or prevail.
win throughTo overcome difficulties and attain a desired goal or end.

Idiom(s):
win the dayTo be successful.

[Middle English winnen, from Old English winnan, to fight, strive; see wen-1 in Indo-European roots.]
win'less adj., win'na·ble adj.
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Win

Win\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Won, Obs. Wan; p. pr. & vb. n. Winning.] [OE. winnen, AS. winnan to strive, labor, fight, endure; akin to OFries. winna, OS. winnan, D. winnen to win, gain, G. gewinnen, OHG. winnan to strive, struggle, Icel. vinna to labor, suffer, win, Dan. vinde to win, Sw. vinna, Goth. winnan to suffer, Skr. van to wish, get, gain, conquer. [root]138. Cf. Venerate, Winsome, Wish, Wont, a.]

1. To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country. "This city for to win." --Chaucer. "Who thus shall Canaan win." --Milton.

Thy well-breathed horse Impels the flying car, and wins the course. --Dryden.

2. To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.

Thy virtue wan me; with virtue preserve me. --Sir P. Sidney.

She is a woman; therefore to be won. --Shak.

3. To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury.

4. To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake. [Archaic]

Even in the porch he him did win. --Spenser.

And when the stony path began, By which the naked peak they wan, Up flew the snowy ptarmigan. --Sir W. Scott.

5. (Mining) To extract, as ore or coal. --Raymond.

Syn: To gain; get; procure; earn. See Gain.

Win

Win\, v. i. To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.

Nor is it aught but just That he, who in debate of truth hath won, should win in arms. --Milton.

To win of, to be conqueror over. [Obs.] --Shak.

To win on or upon. (a) To gain favor or influence with. "You have a softness and beneficence winning on the hearts of others." --Dryden. (b) To gain ground on. "The rabble . . . will in time win upon power." --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : win
Spanish: ganar,
German: gewinnen,
Japanese: 勝つ
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win

[MIT; now common everywhere]
1. vi. To succeed. A program wins if no unexpected conditions arise, or (especially) if it sufficiently robust to take exceptions in stride.
2. n. Success, or a specific instance thereof. A pleasing outcome. "So it turned out I could use a lexer generator instead of hand-coding my own pattern recognizer. What a win!" Emphatic forms: `moby win', `super win', `hyper-win' (often used interjectively as a reply). For some reason `suitable win' is also common at MIT, usually in reference to a satisfactory solution to a problem. Oppose lose; see also big win, which isn't quite just an intensification of `win'.
Jargon File 4.2.0
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win  (v.)
fusion of O.E. winnan "struggle for, work at, strive, fight," and gewinnan "to gain or succeed by struggling, to win," both from P.Gmc. *wenwanan (cf. O.S. winnan, O.N. vinna, O.Fris. winna, Du. winnen "to gain, win," Dan. vinde "to win," O.H.G. winnan "to strive, struggle, fight," Ger. gewinnen "to gain, win," Goth. gawinnen "to suffer, toil"). Perhaps related to wish, or from PIE *van- "overcome, conquer." Sense of "to be victorious" is recorded from c.1300. The noun in O.E. meant "labor, strife, conflict;" modern sense of "a victory in a game or contest" is first attested 1862, from the verb. Breadwinner (see bread) preserves the sense of "toil" in O.E. winnan. Phrase you can't win them all (1954) first attested in Raymond Chandler.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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win jargon
(Said of people, computers, algorithms, programs) (To be) a success at a given task.
E.g. "WYSIWYG is a clear win for small documents".
"winnitude" is the quality that something which wins has. "winning" is often (ab)used as an adjective.
Synonyms: cuspy, elegant. Antonym: lose. Compare lossy, lossless.
[The Jargon File]
(1996-09-08)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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win

In addition to the idioms beginning with win, also see (win) hands down; nowin situation; slow but sure (steady wins the race); you can't win; you can't win 'em all.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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WIN
  1. Weight-control Information Network
  2. Whip Inflation Now
  3. within (shortwave transmission)
  4. Work Incentive program
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