win

verb

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

   “For and we doo bataille we two wyl fyghte with one knyȝt at ones and therfore yf ye wille fyghte ſoo we wille be redy at what houre ye wille aſſigne And yf ye wynne vs in bataille the lady ſhal haue her landes ageyne ye ſay wel ſayd ſir Vwayne therfor make yow redy ſo that ye be here to morne in the defence of the ladyes ryght”

   “For the glory, the power to win the Black Lord, I will search for the Emerald Sword.”

2. (intransitive, transitive)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.”

   “No sooner did I get my freedom than my footsteps began to be dogged by the spies of the Iron Heel. It was necessary that they should be thrown off the track, and that I should win to California.”

   “As this position was vulnerable, a trench was immediately begun from the junction of the Green Line with Lager Alley, back to the old British front line, in order to form a defensive flank for the protection of the troops of the 5th Infantry Brigade who had won through to their objective.”

   “Parson Brooke was transferred in a couple of years to the Southwark mint, on dissolution of which he won back to the Tower, there to experiment with machinery in Mary's reign.”

   “That euen in the Porch he him did win, And cleft his head aſunder to his chin”

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).

   “Thy virtue won me; with virtue preserve me.”

   “She is a woman; therefore to be won.”

   “Mr. Weston seems an excellent creature—quite a first-rate favourite with me already, I assure you. And she appears so truly good—there is something so motherly and kind-hearted about her, that it wins upon one directly.”

6. (intransitive)To achieve victory.

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

   “Nah, I'd win.”

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)To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
11. (informal, transitive)To defeat or surpass someone or something.
12. (informal, intransitive)To take priority.

    “If the local filters conflict with the global filters, the global filters always win.”

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

noun

1. An individual victory.

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

   “Giovani dos Santos smashed home a third five minutes later to wrap up the win.”

2. (slang)A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
3. (obsolete)Gain; profit; income.
4. (obsolete)Wealth; goods owned.
5. (Scotland)Pleasure; joy; delight.
6. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of wynn.
7. (colloquial)A Winchester firearm.

   “Pre-64 Win has a heritage that can't be beat. For me, it's Rems for prarie dogs and paper, Wins (or 1917 Enfields) for stuff that wants to stomp you into a greasy spot on the tundra.”

name

1. Windows, an operating system family developed by Microsoft.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, clipping)Clipping of Windows key.
3. A diminutive of the female given name Winifred.
4. A diminutive of the male given name Winston.

   “Winston Piper didn't look right to her in what she thought of as Flaherty's office. […] “My friends call me Win,” he said. “No need for formality.” ¶ “Sure, Win.” He's hinting.”

5. A surname.

phrase

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of whip inflation now: a 1974 US political slogan.