Win

Quick meaning: Win is a verb meaning (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).

Meaning

(transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
2. (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
3. (intransitive) To achieve victory.
4. (intransitive) To have power, coercion or control.
5. (transitive) To obtain (something desired).
6. (transitive, intransitive) To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
7. (obsolete, transitive) To conquer, defeat.

Example Sentences

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

That euen in the Porch he him did win, And cleft his head aſunder to his chin

For the glory, the power to win the Black Lord, I will search for the Emerald Sword.

And when the stony path began, By which the naked peak they won, Up flew the snowy ptarmigan.

Word Forms

• wins
• winning
• winnest
• winneth

Synonyms for win

Depending on context, synonyms include achieve, deserve, earn, indebt, score, triumph.

Antonyms for win

Common opposites include lose, fail, loss, recede, drop off, fall back.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gain, advance, profits, winnings, conquer, overcome.

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