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UK
/wˈɪn/
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[ US /ˈwɪn/ ]
[ US /ˈwɪn/ ]
VERB
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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.
- Wine lovers in the U.S. are increasingly describing their favorite vintage as molto buono, instead of très bon.
- 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.
- It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own. Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital
- If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex. Goodnight Tweetheart
- 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.
- Sewage overflowed into wash basins at West Middlesex Hospital following a blockage in one of the toilets.
- 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.
