Win
[wɪn]
Definition
(noun.) a victory (as in a race or other competition); 'he was happy to get the win'.
(verb.) be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious; 'He won the Gold Medal in skating'; 'Our home team won'; 'Win the game'.
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Definition
(a.) 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.
(a.) To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.
(a.) 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.
(a.) To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
(a.) To extract, as ore or coal.
(v. i.) To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Get (by mastery or in competition), gain, obtain, procure, acquire, earn, achieve, catch.[2]. Bring over, gain over, get the compliance of.
v. n. Succeed, be successful, gain the victory.
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Definition
v.t. (Scot.) to dry by exposure to the wind.
v.t. to get by labour: to gain in contest: to allure to kindness to gain: to achieve effect: to attain: to induce: in mining to sink down to a bed of coal: to obtain the favour of.—v.i. to gain the victory: to gain favour: (prov.) to make one's way to succeed in getting:—pr.p. win′ning; pa.t. and pa.p. won (wun).—n. a victory success.—ns. Win′ner; Win′ning the act of one who wins: that which is won (usually in pl.): a shaft or pit to open a bed of coal.—adj. influencing: attractive.—adv. Win′ningly.—ns. Win′ningness; Win′ning-post the goal of a race-course.—Win by a head to win very narrowly; Win in a canter to win easily as it were at an easy gallop; Win on upon to gain upon to obtain favour with; Win or Gain one's spurs to earn one's knighthood by valour on the field hence to gain recognition or reputation by merit of any kind.
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Examples
- To win the war. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- That we should win this war and shoot nobody, Anselmo said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In fact, now I look into your face, even if I can't say you are sure to win, I can say that I never saw anything look more like winning in my life. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- To win the money, fairly or otherwise, and to hand it contemptuously to Thomasin in her aunt's presence, had been the dim outline of his purpose. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- We have to win. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You could give 'em the whole outfit and win at a canter! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They won't do over here. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Won back his coat,' said Venn slily. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Won't you say yes--I will devote my life to making you very happy. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I won't look at him again, he told himself. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Well, then, we'll all go ahead and buy up niggers, said the man, if that's the way of Providence,--won't we, Squire? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Yes, but you won't do it, answered Laurie, who wished to make up, but felt that his outraged dignity must be appeased first. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- True, but the question is, may she be won? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- And that money-winning business is really a blot. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In fact, now I look into your face, even if I can't say you are sure to win, I can say that I never saw anything look more like winning in my life. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I'll tell you something I know about you, my dear,' returned Mrs Lammle in her winning way, 'and that is, you are most unnecessarily shy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He too smiled, a brave and winning smile. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He will hold a card back for years in order to play it at the moment when the stake is best worth winning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- His sensitiveness to approbation, his hope of winning favor by an agreeable act, are made use of to induce action in another direction. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But the more beautiful and winning and charming she, the nearer they must always be to the necessity of approaching it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Bassi wins, I said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Still the charm of the pursuit wins upon men, and, if government would lend a little assistance, there might be great progress made. Plato. The Republic.
- As he fights he wins approval and advancement; as he refrains, he is disliked, ridiculed, shut out from favorable recognition. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Simply that if one plays bridge for money in Lily's set one is liable to lose a great deal--and I don't suppose Lily always wins. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Every man puts in a shilling apiece, and one wins a gown-piece for his wife or sweetheart if he's got one. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- When such a woman marries, if her husband only wins her esteem and regard, he wins enough to ennoble his whole life. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Happy the man who wins her! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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