win
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English winnen, from Old English winnan (“to labour, swink, toil, trouble oneself; resist, oppose, contradict; fight, strive, struggle, rage; endure”) (compare Old English ġewinnan (“conquer, obtain, gain; endure, bear, suffer; be ill”)), from Proto-Germanic *winnaną (“to swink, labour, win, gain, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Cognate with Low German winnen, Dutch winnen, German gewinnen, Norwegian Bokmål vinne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish vinna.
VerbEdit
win (third-person singular simple present wins, present participle winning, simple past and past participle won)
- (obsolete, transitive) To conquer, defeat.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:
- 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 the defence of the ladyes ryght
- 1998, Rhapsody, Emerald Sword
- For the glory, the power to win the Black Lord, I will search for the Emerald Sword.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:
- (transitive, intransitive) To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
- "Baron of Brackley," traditional folk song
- I well may gang out, love, but I'll never win home.
- 1922, Everard Wyrall, "The History of the Second Division 1914-1918"
- As this position was vulnerable, a trench was immediately begun from the junction of the Green Line with Lager Alley, back to the old British front line, in order to form a defensive flank for the protection of the troops of the 5th Infantry Brigade who had won through to their objective.
- 1953, John Craig, "The Mint: A History of the London Mint from A.D. 287 to 1948"
- Parson Brooke was transferred in a couple of years to the Southwark mint, on dissolution of which he won back to the Tower, there to experiment with machinery in Mary's reign.
- Edmund Spenser (c.1552–1599)
- Even in the porch he him did win.
- (Can we date this quote?) Sir Walter Scott
- And when the stony path began, / By which the naked peak they won, / Up flew the snowy ptarmigan.
- "Baron of Brackley," traditional folk song
- (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
- (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
- (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
- 1589, Sir Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
- Thy virtue won me; with virtue preserve me.
- 1591', William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act V, Scene 3
- She is a woman; therefore to be won.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume II, chapter 14:
- Mr. Weston seems an excellent creature—quite a first-rate favourite with me already, I assure you. And she appears so truly good—there is something so motherly and kind-hearted about her, that it wins upon one directly.
- 1589, Sir Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
- (intransitive) To achieve victory.
- Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a dolphin?
- (transitive) To obtain (something desired).
- The company hopes to win an order from the government worth over 5 million dollars.
- (transitive) To cause a victory for someone.
- The success of the economic policies should win Mr. Smith the next elections.
- The policy success should win the elections for Mr. Smith.
- (transitive, mining) To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Raymond to this entry?)
ConjugationEdit
conjugation of win
| infinitive | win | ||||||||||
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| present participle | winning | ||||||||||
| past participle | won | ||||||||||
| simple | progressive | perfect | perfect progressive | ||||||||
| present | I win | we win | I am winning | we are winning | I have won | we have won | I have been winning | we have been winning | |||
| you win | you win | you are winning | you are winning | you have won | you have won | you have been winning | you have been winning | ||||
| he wins | they win | he is winning | they are winning | he has won | they have won | he has been winning | they have been winning | ||||
| past | I won | we won | I was winning | we were winning | I had won | we had won | I had been winning | we had been winning | |||
| you won | you won | you were winning | you were winning | you had won | you had won | you had been winning | you had been winning | ||||
| he won | they won | he was winning | they were winning | he had won | they had won | he had been winning | they had been winning | ||||
| future | I will win | we will win | I will be winning | we will be winning | I will have won | we will have won | I will have been winning | we will have been winning | |||
| you will win | you will win | you will be winning | you will be winning | you will have won | you will have won | you will have been winning | you will have been winning | ||||
| he will win | they will win | he will be winning | they will be winning | he will have won | they will have won | he will have been winning | they will have been winning | ||||
| conditional | I would win | we would win | I would be winning | we would be winning | I would have won | we would have won | I would have been winning | we would have been winning | |||
| you would win | you would win | you would be winning | you would be winning | you would have won | you would have won | you would have been winning | you would have been winning | ||||
| he would win | they would win | he would be winning | they would be winning | he would have won | they would have won | he would have been winning | they would have been winning | ||||
| imperative | win | ||||||||||
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
TranslationsEdit
transitive: achieve victory in
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to gain a prize
obtain (someone) by wooing
intransitive: achieve by winning
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Etymology 2Edit
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 *wen- (“to strive, desire, wish, love”). Cognate with German Gewinn (“profit, gain”), Dutch gewin (“profit, gain”).
NounEdit
win (plural wins)
- gain; profit; income
- wealth; owndom; goods
- an individual victory (opposite of a loss)
- Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.
- 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Giovani dos Santos smashed home a third five minutes later to wrap up the win.
- (slang) a feat, an (extraordinary) achievement (opposite of a fail)
TranslationsEdit
gain, profit
wealth, goods
individual victory
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Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
Etymology 3Edit
From Middle English winne, wunne, from Old English wynn (“joy, rapture, pleasure, delight, gladness”), 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”).
NounEdit
win (plural wins)
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ChuukeseEdit
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KisEdit
NounEdit
win
Further readingEdit
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
- Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)
North FrisianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Frisian wind, from Proto-Germanic *windaz.
NounEdit
win m
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Frisian wīn, from Proto-Germanic *wīną.
NounEdit
win m
Old DutchEdit
Old EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *wīną from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Indo-European *wóih₁nom.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
wīn n
DeclensionEdit
Declension of win (strong a-stem)
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Tok PisinEdit
EtymologyEdit
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