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Win

//wɪn// name, noun, phrase, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Windows, an operating system family developed by Microsoft.
  2. 2
    A diminutive of the female given name Winifred.
  3. 3
    A diminutive of the male given name Winston.

    "Winston Piper didn't look right to her in what she thought of as Flaherty's office. […] “My friends call me Win,” he said. “No need for formality.” ¶ “Sure, Win.” He's hinting."

  4. 4
    A surname.
  5. 5
    Clipping of Windows key. abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, clipping
Noun
  1. 1
    An individual victory.

    "Our first win of the season put us in high spirits."

  2. 2
    Pleasure; joy; delight. Scotland
  3. 3
    A Winchester firearm. colloquial

    "Pre-64 Win has a heritage that can't be beat. For me, it's Rems for prarie dogs and paper, Wins (or 1917 Enfields) for stuff that wants to stomp you into a greasy spot on the tundra."

  4. 4
    a victory (as in a race or other competition) wordnet
  5. 5
    A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement. slang
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  1. 6
    Alternative form of wynn. alt-of, alternative
  2. 7
    something won (especially money) wordnet
  3. 8
    Gain; profit; income. obsolete
  4. 9
    Wealth; goods owned. obsolete
Phrase
  1. 1
    Initialism of whip inflation now: a 1974 US political slogan. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Verb
  1. 1
    To conquer, defeat. obsolete, transitive

    "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"

  2. 2
    To dry by exposure to the wind. Scotland, transitive
  3. 3
    be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious wordnet
  4. 4
    To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb). intransitive, transitive

    "I well may gang out, love, but I'll never win home."

  5. 5
    obtain advantages, such as points, etc. wordnet
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  1. 6
    To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.). transitive
  2. 7
    win something through one's efforts wordnet
  3. 8
    To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest. transitive

    "to win the jackpot in a lottery;  to win a bottle of wine in a raffle"

  4. 9
    acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions wordnet
  5. 10
    To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over). transitive

    "Thy virtue won me; with virtue preserve me."

  6. 11
    attain success or reach a desired goal wordnet
  7. 12
    To achieve victory. intransitive

    "Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a dolphin?"

  8. 13
    To have power, coercion or control. intransitive

    "Ever since the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Bostonians now run as "One Boston." The terrorists did not win."

  9. 14
    To obtain (something desired). transitive

    "The company hopes to win an order from the government worth over 5 million dollars."

  10. 15
    To cause a victory for someone. transitive

    "The success of the economic policies should win Mr. Smith the next elections."

  11. 16
    To extract (ore, coal, etc.). transitive
  12. 17
    To defeat or surpass someone or something. informal, transitive
  13. 18
    To take priority. informal, intransitive

    "If the local filters conflict with the global filters, the global filters always win."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English winnen, from Old English winnan (“to labour, swink, toil,”) (compare Old English ġewinnan (“conquer, obtain, gain; endure, bear, suffer; be ill”)), from Proto-West Germanic *winnan, 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, Danish vinde, Norwegian Bokmål vinne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish vinna.

Etymology 2

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 *wenh₁- (“to strive, desire, wish, love”). Cognate with German Gewinn (“profit, gain”), Dutch gewin (“profit, gain”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English wynne, winne, wunne, from Old English wynn (“joy, rapture, pleasure, delight, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, 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”).

Etymology 4

From wind.

Etymology 5

Clipping of Winchester.

Etymology 6

Clipping of Windows.

Etymology 7

Clipping of Winifred.

Etymology 8

Clipping of Winston.

Etymology 9

Borrowing from Burmese ဝင်း (wang:)

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