win

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a victory, as in a race or other competition

   It was an easy win for such a skilled team.

2. 2
   verb

   To conquer, defeat.

   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

3. 3
   verb

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

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

4. 4
   verb

   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

5. 5
   verb

   To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).

   Thy virtue won me; with virtue preserve me.

6. 6
   verb

   To achieve victory.

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

7. 7
   verb

   To have power, coercion or control.

   Ever since the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Bostonians now run as "One Boston." The terrorists did not win.

8. 8
   verb

   To obtain (something desired).

   The company hopes to win an order from the government worth over 5 million dollars.

Etymology

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”),…