win
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Pronunciation
- IPA /wɪn/
Noun
win noun
- An individual victory.“Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.”
- A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
- Gain; profit; income.
- Wealth; goods owned.
win noun
- Pleasure; joy; delight.
Verb
win verb
- To conquer, defeat.
- To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
- To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
- 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
- To dry by exposure to the wind.
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gain groundgainmake headwayget aheadadvanceprofitswinningsconquerovercomevictoryvictorioustakewinnervanquishgetattain
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