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UK
/wˈɪn/
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[ US /ˈwɪn/ ]
[ US /ˈwɪn/ ]
VERB
-
acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
its beauty won Paris the name 'City of Lights' -
obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
win points
After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference
The home team was gaining ground -
attain success or reach a desired goal
she struggled to overcome her handicap and won
The enterprise succeeded
We succeeded in getting tickets to the show -
be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
He won the Gold Medal in skating
Our home team won
Win the game -
win something through one's efforts
I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese
Gain an understanding of international finance
win someone's confidence and friendship
NOUN
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a victory (as in a race or other competition)
he was happy to get the win - something won (especially money)
How To Use win In A Sentence
- Lobefins today have dwindled to the lungfishes and the coelacanths ‘dwindled’ as ‘fish’, that is, but mightily expanded on land: we land vertebrates are aberrant lungfish. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
- Blackpool Scorpions notched their first away win of the season against a good attacking Leigh team.
- As the holiday movie season winds down, we thought we'd preview the films of 2003 to see which ones stand out and which should stand down.
- Wine lovers in the U.S. are increasingly describing their favorite vintage as molto buono, instead of très bon.
- When Modin scored from the right circle to make it 3-0, it looked bleak for the Devils, who rallied from one-goal deficits twice before winning Game 2 in overtime. USATODAY.com - Tampa Bay creeps closer to New Jersey with 4-3 win
- In 1850 Joy and Edward Wilson patented twin boilers working in parallel within the same casing.
- Having drop-dead gorgeous, private, windowed offices makes it a lot easier to recruit the kinds of superstars that produce ten times as much as the merely brilliant software developers.
- The question, which has been eating at Matthews for several years, is gnawing on him a couple of hours later as he decompresses at a party at Spago in Beverly Hills.
- The blame for this month's wet weather lies with the jet stream winds a few miles high. Times, Sunday Times
- A great deal of the nudge-nudge wink-wink routine by the young upwardly mobile male executives was the usual response to her presence.
