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win¹

  • /ˈwɪn/
  • [ˈwɪn]

Sounds like wynn, winne, when (with both the wine–whine merger and pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɪn

Where it comes from

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”), Danish vinde (“to win”), Faroese and Icelandic vinna (“to win”), Norwegian Bokmål vinne (“to win”), Norwegian Nynorsk vinna, vinne (“to win”), Swedish vinna (“to win”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (winnan, “to suffer”); also Latin venus (“beauty, charm, elegance, grace; beloved, love”), Albanian vuaj, vuj (“to suffer; to endure”), Sanskrit वनोति (vanoti, “to desire, like, love, wish; to gain, procure; to win; to prepare; to hurt, injure”).

verb wins · winning · won · wan · win

  1. obsolete, transitive 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
  2. intransitive, transitive 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.
  3. transitive To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
  4. transitive 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. transitive To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over). Thy virtue won me; with virtue preserve me.
  6. intransitive To achieve victory. Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a dolphin?
  7. intransitive 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. transitive To obtain (something desired). The company hopes to win an order from the government worth over 5 million dollars.
  9. transitive To cause a victory for someone. The success of the economic policies should win Mr. Smith the next elections.
  10. transitive To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
  11. informal, transitive To defeat or surpass someone or something.
  12. informal, intransitive To take priority. If the local filters conflict with the global filters, the global filters always win.

Similar: achieve, bring home the bacon, deserve, earn, hit the jackpot, indebt, score, triumph, victory, walk off with, win

win²

  • /ˈwɪn/
  • [ˈwɪn]

Sounds like wynn, winne, when (with both the wine–whine merger and pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɪn

Where it comes from

From Middle English winn, winne, from Old English winn (“toil, labor, trouble, hardship; profit, gain; conflict, strife, war”), from Proto-Germanic *winną (“labour, struggle, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, desire, wish, love”). Cognate with German Gewinn (“profit, gain”), Dutch gewin (“profit, gain”).

noun wins

  1. An individual victory. Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.
  2. slang A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
  3. obsolete Gain; profit; income.
  4. obsolete Wealth; goods owned.

win³

  • /ˈwɪn/
  • [ˈwɪn]

Sounds like wynn, winne, when (with both the wine–whine merger and pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɪn

Where it comes from

From Middle English wynne, winne, wunne, from Old English wynn (“joy, rapture, pleasure, delight, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō (“joy, delight, pleasure, lust”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”).

Cognate with German Wonne (“bliss, joy, delight”), archaic Dutch wonne (“joy”), Danish ynde (“grace”), Icelandic yndi (“delight”).

noun

  1. Scotland Pleasure; joy; delight.
  2. alternative Alternative form of wynn.wynn

win⁴

  • /ˈwɪn/
  • [ˈwɪn]

Sounds like wynn, winne, when (with both the wine–whine merger and pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɪn

Where it comes from

From wind.

verb

  1. Scotland, transitive To dry by exposure to the wind.

Similar: achieve, bring home the bacon, deserve, earn, hit the jackpot, indebt, score, triumph, victory, walk off with, win

Win⁵

Where it comes from

Clipping of Winchester.

noun Wins

  1. colloquial A Winchester firearm. Pre-64 Win has a heritage that can't be beat. For me, it's Rems for prarie dogs and paper, Wins (or 1917 Enfields) for stuff that wants to stomp you into a greasy spot on the tundra.

Win⁶

Where it comes from

Clipping of Windows.

proper noun

  1. Windows, an operating system family developed by Microsoft.
  2. abbreviation, broadly, clipping Clipping of Windows key.Windows key

Win⁷

Where it comes from

Clipping of Winifred.

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Winifred.

Win⁸

Where it comes from

Clipping of Winston.

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Winston. Winston Piper didn't look right to her in what she thought of as Flaherty's office. […] “My friends call me Win,” he said. “No need for formality.” ¶ “Sure, Win.” He's hinting.

Win⁹

Where it comes from

Borrowing from Burmese ဝင်း (wang:)

proper noun Wins

  1. A surname.

WIN10

phrase

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of whip inflation now: a 1974 US political slogan.whip inflation now

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