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What (who) is win - definition
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WIN; Win (disambiguation); WiN; WIN (magazine); WIN magazine
win
(wins, winning, won)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you win something such as a competition, battle, or argument, you defeat those people you are competing or fighting against, or you do better than everyone else involved.
He does not have any realistic chance of winning the election...
The top four teams all won...
Sanchez Vicario won 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
? lose
VERB: V n, V, V amount, also V n amount
•
Win is also a noun.
...Arsenal's dismal league run of eight games without a win...
= victory
? defeat
N-COUNT
2.
If something wins you something such as an election, competition, battle, or argument, it causes you to defeat the people competing with you or fighting you, or to do better than everyone else involved.
That sort of gain for Labour is nothing like good enough to win them the general election...
? lose
VERB: V n n
3.
If you win something such as a prize or medal, you get it because you have defeated everyone else in something such as an election, competition, battle, or argument, or have done very well in it.
The first correct entry wins the prize...
She won bronze for Great Britain in the European Championships.
VERB: V n, V n
4.
If you win something that you want or need, you succeed in getting it.
...moves to win the support of the poor...
British Aerospace has won an order worth 340 million dollars.
= gain
? lose
VERB: V n, V n
5.
If something wins you a prize or wins you something else that you want, it causes you to get it.
The feat won them a prize of ?85,000...
? lose
VERB: V n n
6.
see also winning
7.
win
<jargon> (Said of people, computers, algorithms, programs)
(To be) a success at a given task.
E.g. "WYSIWYG is a clear win for small documents".
"winnitude" is the quality that something which wins has.
"winning" is often (ab)used as an adjective.
Synonyms: cuspy, elegant. Antonym: lose. Compare
lossy, lossless.
[Jargon File ]
(1996-09-08)
win
I. v. a.
1.
Get (by mastery or in competition), gain, obtain, procure, acquire, earn, achieve, catch.
2.
Bring over, gain over, get the compliance of.
II. v. n.
1.
Succeed, be successful, gain the victory.
2.
[Archaic or poetical.] Reach, get, arrive.
Examples of use of win
1. "I just realised that if Australia win today we‘ll have a palindromic Test series: Aus win, Eng win, draw, Eng win, Aus win," says Brendan Jones, from Australia.
2. To an activist such as her, it‘s a win–win–win scenario.
3. When the agreement was reached, Mr Mandelson claimed÷ "This is a win, win, win agreement.
4. "It‘s win for the vendor, win for the developer and win for the estate agent.
5. "This is a win–win solution," Paul McCartney said.