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    [Verb]  | "win" | \ ˈwin \


    1: to get possession of by effort or fortune

    2: to obtain by work : earn

    3: to gain in or as if in battle or contest

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English winnen "to strive, struggle, obtain by exertion, earn with labor, gain, triumph," going back to Old English winnan "to labor, strive," going back to a Germanic verb base *wenu̯- (whence Old Saxon winnan "to struggle, suffer, acquire," Old High German, "to labor, struggle, rage," Old Norse vinna "to labor, suffer, gain," Gothic winnan "to suffer"); akin to Sanskrit vanoti "(s/he) demands, strives for, obtains," vanate "(s/he) shall obtain," Avestan vanaiti "(s/he) defeats" ;

      * Note : According to Rix, et al., Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (Wiesbaden, 1998), Indo-European *u̯en-, the source of these verbs is distinct from *u̯enH-, the source of Sanskrit vanate "(s/he) likes, takes pleasure in," Latin venus "physical desire, qualities exciting desire, charm" (see: {venus|Venus}).;

    [Verb]  | "win through" 


    1: to survive difficulties and reach a desired or satisfactory end

    Origin: 1644 ;

    [Noun]  | "win" 


    1: victory; especially : first place at the finish (as of a horse race)

    Origin: 1862 ;

    [Adjective]  | "win-win" | \ ˈwin-ˈwin \


    1: advantageous or satisfactory to all parties involved

    Origin: 1962 ;

    [Idiom]  | "win or lose" 


    1: whether one succeeds or fails

    [Idiom]  | "win out" 


    1: to achieve victory or success after dealing with many difficulties

    [Idiom]  | "win someone's heart" 


    1: to get someone to fall in love with one

    [Idiom]  | "win the lottery" 


    1: to have a winning ticket in a lottery run by a government

    [Phrasal verb]  | "win over" 


    1: to persuade (someone) to accept and support something (such as an idea) after opposing it

    [Verb]  | "win" 


    1: to achieve victory (as in a contest);


      * e.g., " ... the kind of person who always has to win—even if the game is just for fun "



    •  Antonyms : 

    •  lose




    2: to receive as return for effort;


      * e.g., " ... win a gold medal in swimming "




    3: to obtain (as a goal) through effort;


      * e.g., " ... won a substantial victory in the struggle for civil rights for all "



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    [Verb]  | "win (against)" 


    1: to achieve a victory over;


      * e.g., " ... a child prodigy who has already won against a number of more experienced chess players "




    [Verb]  | "win (over)" 


    1: to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests;


      * e.g., " ... a combination of solid reasoning and outright begging won my parents over, and I became an exchange student for a year "



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    [Verb]  | "win (back)" 


    1: as in redeem, buy (back);



    [Noun]  | "win" 


    1: an instance of defeating an enemy or opponent;


      * e.g., " ... a team with 12 wins and two losses "




    [Adjective]  | "no-win" 


     [ "win" ]

    1: On imageboards, when a image post is made, the post can be win or fail, depending on if the image is liked and appropriate for the topic of the board.

      * e.g.,  ... "WIN!!!" 

     [ "win" ]

    2: This can be made stronger by adding epic before it, as in 'Epic win!'.

      * e.g.,  ... "This thread is made of win" 

     [ "win" ]

    1: quality with which something wins a non-existant, abstract competition which has undefined criteria for winning

      * e.g.,  ... "win" 

     [ "win" ]

    1: Succeeding at a task.

      * e.g.,  ... You am teh win!!1! 

     [ "win" ]

    1: all you do is

      * e.g.,  ... win ; all you do is 

     [ "win" ]

    1: The opposite of fail; when something of awesomeness happens.

      * e.g.,  ... Did you see Bobby playing Halo last night? That was win. 

     [ "win" ]

    1: convincing a girl on webcam to show her vagina

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, i was watching bootyshaker69 last night and i got epic win 

     [ "win" ]

    1: An interjection, used when something excellent happens (usually sung in falsetto).

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, I just got the new Weakerthans CD. Win! 

     [ "win" ]

    1: Abbreviation of Microsoft's Windows operating system.

      * e.g.,  ... - win1 is really cool! 

     [ "win" ]

    1: In imageboard culture, nudity.

      * e.g.,  ... Cute pics of this girl but sadly no win. :( 

     [ "win" ]

    1: fun

      * e.g.,  ... i win games 

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