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| 1. | To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; | ||||||||||
| 2. | To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship. | ||||||||||
| 3. | To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; | ||||||||||
| 4. | To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake. | ||||||||||
| 5. | (Mining) To extract, as ore or coal. | ||||||||||
| v. i. | 1. | To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.
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| Noun | 1. | win - a victory (as in a race or other competition); "he was happy to get the win" |
| 2. | win - something won (especially money) | |
| Verb | 1. | win - be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game" Antonyms: lose - fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war" |
| 2. | win - win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance" Antonyms: lose - fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad" | |
| 3. | win - obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" | |
| 4. | win - attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" |
| (jargon) | win - (Said of people, computers, algorithms, programs)
(To be) a success at a given task. E.g. "WYSIWYG is a clear win for small documents". "winnitude" is the quality posessed by something which wins. "winning" is often (ab)used as an adjective. Synonyms: cuspy, elegant. Antonym: lose. Compare lossy, lossless. |