US /wɪn/
noun verb Freq #596

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    To be the best or first in a game, race, or competition.

    Our team won the match by two goals.

  2. 2
    verb

    To get a prize or reward by competing.

    She won first prize in the photography contest.

  3. 3
    noun

    A victory in a game or competition.

    It was an easy win for such a skilled team.

  4. 4
    verb

    To gain someone's support or friendship, often with 'over'.

    Her honesty soon won over the whole team.

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Word family
Forms winningwinninglywinswon
Derived forms bewinhard-wonmust-winno-winoverwinwin-winwinjswinkeywinmewinmodemwinnerwinning

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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”),…

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