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win

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  • IPA /wɪn/

Noun

win noun

  1. An individual victory.“Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.”
  2. A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
  3. Gain; profit; income.
  4. Wealth; goods owned.

win noun

  1. Pleasure; joy; delight.

Verb

win verb

  1. To conquer, defeat.
  2. To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
  3. To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
  4. 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”

win verb

  1. To dry by exposure to the wind.

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