win-win
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
- (of a situation or outcome) That benefits both or all parties, or that has two distinct benefits. [from 1960s]
- 1962, Joel David Singer, Deterrence, arms control, and disarmament:
- In zero-sum games, every win for one side is a loss for the other ; there can be no such thing as a "win-win" outcome
- 1962, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Department of Defense appropriations for ...: Part 3:
- Has the shifting policy of win-win to win-hold-win and back to win-win had an impact on your munitions requirements determinations?
- 1966, Justin Paul, International Marketing: Text And Cases, page 175:
- 2. Win-Win The best partnership
- 1974, Taylor McConnell, Group leadership for self-realization:
- A Win/Win Approach to Conflict / An integrative approach to conflict has such obvious merit for a group that it is worth spending some time looking at how it works
- 2021 December 1, Barry Doe, “A new start as Fabrik to produce the NRT files”, in RAIL, number 945, page 63:
- At the time of writing, I have not seen the finished product, but I nevertheless think this is a win-win situation for Network Rail, operators, Fabrik and, of course, others.
Antonyms edit
Translations edit
of a situation that benefits two parties
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Noun edit
Descendants edit
- → Danish: win-win-situation
- → Finnish: win-win
- → Italian: win-win
- Norwegian:
Translations edit
situation that benefits both parties
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See also edit
References edit
- “win-win”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading edit
- win-win game on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English win-win.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈwinˌwin/, [ˈwinˌwin]
- IPA(key): /ˈʋinˌʋin/, [ˈʋinˌʋin]
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification(key): win‧win
Phrase edit
win-win (informal)
Usage notes edit
This term only appears in uninflected form in Finnish, notably as modifier in win-win-tilanne (“win-win situation”). Some independent usage also exists, but often the term is explained in such context:
- Tilanne on win-win - molemmat voittavat.
- The situation is win-win - both parties win.
Derived terms edit
compounds
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English win-win.
Adjective edit
win-win (invariable)