Win
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
win
n 1: a victory (as in a race or other competition); "he was
happy to get the win"
2: something won (especially money) [syn: {winnings}, {win},
{profits}] [ant: {losings}, {losses}]
v 1: be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious;
"He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won";
"Win the game" [ant: {lose}]
2: win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing
knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of
international finance" [syn: {acquire}, {win}, {gain}] [ant:
{lose}]
3: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was
gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers
pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one
playoff berth in the Western Conference" [syn: {gain},
{advance}, {win}, {pull ahead}, {make headway}, {get ahead},
{gain ground}] [ant: {drop off}, {fall back}, {fall behind},
{lose}, {recede}]
4: attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise
succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show";
"she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" [syn:
{succeed}, {win}, {come through}, {bring home the bacon},
{deliver the goods}] [ant: {fail}, {go wrong}, {miscarry}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Win \Win\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Won}, Obs. {Wan}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Winning}.] [OE. winnen, AS. winnan to strive, labor,
fight, endure; akin to OFries. winna, OS. winnan, D. winnen
to win, gain, G. gewinnen, OHG. winnan to strive, struggle,
Icel. vinna to labor, suffer, win, Dan. vinde to win, Sw.
vinna, Goth. winnan to suffer, Skr. van to wish, get, gain,
conquer. [root]138. Cf. {Venerate}, {Winsome}, {Wish},
{Wont}, a.]
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1. 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. "This city for to win." --Chaucer. "Who
thus shall Canaan win." --Milton.
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Thy well-breathed horse
Impels the flying car, and wins the course.
--Dryden.
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2. To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or
obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.
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Thy virtue wan me; with virtue preserve me. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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She is a woman; therefore to be won. --Shak.
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3. 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.
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4. To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
[Archaic]
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Even in the porch he him did win. --Spenser.
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And when the stony path began,
By which the naked peak they wan,
Up flew the snowy ptarmigan. --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. (Mining) To extract, as ore or coal. --Raymond.
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Syn: To gain; get; procure; earn. See {Gain}.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Win \Win\, v. i.
To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to
prevail.
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Nor is it aught but just
That he, who in debate of truth hath won,
should win in arms. --Milton.
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{To win of}, to be conqueror over. [Obs.] --Shak.
{To win on} or {To win upon}.
(a) To gain favor or influence with. "You have a softness and
beneficence winning on the hearts of others." --Dryden.
(b) To gain ground on. "The rabble . . . will in time win
upon power." --Shak.
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from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
win
[MIT; now common everywhere]
1. vi. To succeed. A program wins if no unexpected conditions arise,
or (especially) if it is sufficiently {robust} to take exceptions in
stride.
2. n. Success, or a specific instance thereof. A pleasing outcome. "So
it turned out I could use a {lexer} generator instead of hand-coding
my own pattern recognizer. What a win!" Emphatic forms: moby win,
super win, hyper-win (often used interjectively as a reply). For some
reason suitable win is also common at MIT, usually in reference to a
satisfactory solution to a problem. Oppose {lose}; see also {big win},
which isn't quite just an intensification of win.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
123 Moby Thesaurus words for "win":
Cadmean victory, KO, Pyrrhic victory, accomplish, achieve, acquire,
annex, argue into, ascendancy, attain, bag, be seized of,
bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, best, bring in, bring over,
bring round, bring to reason, captivate, capture, carry,
carry away, carry it, carry off, carry the day, catch, chalk up,
championship, charm, clobber, come by, come in for, come into,
come out first, con, conquer, conquest, contract, convince, corral,
defeat, derive, drag down, draw, draw over, earn, easy victory,
enter into possession, finish in front, fluke, gain, gain over,
gain the day, get, grand slam, harvest, have, hook, hook in,
knock down, knockout, landslide, landslide victory, lick, make,
make a killing, mastery, moral victory, net, obtain, outtalk,
overcome, persuade, pick up, picnic, prevail, prevail on,
prevail upon, prevail with, procure, produce, pull down, pushover,
reach, realize, reap, runaway victory, sack, score, secure, sell,
sell one on, skin, subdual, subduing, success, sway, take,
take the cake, talk into, talk over, total victory, triumph,
trounce, victory, walkaway, walkover, wangle, wangle into,
wear down, win out, win over, win the battle, win the laurels,
win the palm, win the prize, win through, winning, winning streak,
worst, yield
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