win

English

/wɪn/

verb
Definitions
  • (obsolete) To conquer, defeat.
  • (transitive) To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
  • (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
  • (transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
  • (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
  • (intransitive) To achieve victory.
  • (intransitive) To have power, coercion or control.
  • (transitive) To obtain (something desired).
  • (transitive) To cause a victory for someone.
  • (transitive) To extract (ore, coal, etc.).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English winnen inherited from Old English winnan (swink, labour, resist, trouble oneself, fight, contradict, oppose, strive, toil, rage, endure, struggle) inherited from Proto-Germanic *winnaną (gain, win, fight, labour, swink, labor, strive) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (love, wish, desire, strive, win, strive for, seek, wish for, succeed, pursue).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wenh₁-

Gloss

love, wish, desire, strive, win, strive for, seek, wish for, succeed, pursue

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

Emoji
❤️ 🏩 👨‍❤️‍👨 👩‍❤️‍👨 👩‍❤️‍👩 👰‍♀️ 💋 💌 💑 💒 💓 💕 💖 💗 💘 💝 😍 😘 😚 😻 🤟 🤰 🤱 🫂

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