Definition of "win" in English

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To conquer, defeat.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).

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

3. (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).

4. (transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.

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

5. (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).

6. (intransitive) To achieve victory.

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

7. (intransitive) To have power, coercion or control.

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

8. (transitive) To obtain (something desired).

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

9. (transitive) To cause a victory for someone.

   • The success of the economic policies should win Mr. Smith the next elections.
   • The policy success should win the elections for Mr. Smith.

10. (transitive, mining) To extract (ore, coal, etc.).

11. (transitive, informal) To defeat or surpass someone or something.

12. (computing, informal, intransitive) To take priority.

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

noun

1. An individual victory.

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

2. (slang) A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.

3. (obsolete) Gain; profit; income.

4. (obsolete) Wealth; goods owned.

noun

1. (Scotland) Pleasure; joy; delight.

2. Alternative form of wynn.

verb

1. (transitive, Scotland) To dry by exposure to the wind.