win
An individual victoryAn individual victory.
» You may or may not win.
Vielleicht gewinnst du, vielleicht aber auch nicht. — Kuraimegami
Ти можеш перемогти, а можеш і не перемогти. — deniko
Ви можете перемогти, а можете й не перемогти. — deniko
Ти можеш виграти, а можеш і не виграти. — deniko
Ви можете виграти, а можете й не виграти. — deniko
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5 sensesAn individual victory.
Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.
Erfolg, Sieg, Einzelsieg
вы́игрышvýigryš, побе́даpobéda
a victory (as in a race or other competition)
(slang)A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
(Scotland)Pleasure; joy; delight.
(obsolete)Gain; profit; income.
(obsolete)Wealth; goods owned.
Examples
6041 sentencesYou may or may not win.
Ти можеш перемогти, а можеш і не перемогти. — deniko
deVielleicht gewinnst du, vielleicht aber auch nicht. — Kuraimegami
Slow and steady wins the race.
Тихше їдеш – далі будеш. — deniko
ruТише едешь — дальше будешь. — al_ex_an_der
deWer langsam geht, kommt auch ans Ziel. — mraz
We have little chance of winning.
В нас мало шансів виграти. — iceman
ruУ нас мало шансов выиграть. — igor_chubin
deWir haben wenig Aussichten zu gewinnen. — Dejo
I know I probably won't win.
Я знаю, що, ймовірно, не переможу. — deniko
ruЯ знаю, что, вероятно, не выиграю. — sharptoothed
deIch weiß, dass ich aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach nicht gewinnen werde. — al_ex_an_der
I'm going to win this time.
Цього разу я переможу. — deniko
ruНа этот раз я выиграю. — afyodor
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English winn, winne, from Old English winn (“toil, labor, trouble, hardship; pFrom Middle English winn, winne, from Old English winn (“toil, labor, trouble, hardship; profit, gain; conflict, strife, war”), from Proto-Germanic *winną (“labour, struggle, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, desire, wish, love”). Cognate with German Gewinn (“profit, gain”), Dutch gewin (“profit, gain”).
From Middle English wynne, winne, wunne, from Old English wynn (“joy, rapture, pleasure, delight, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō (“joy, delight, pleasure, lust”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”).
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Forms
plural: winsSynonyms
2 synonyms- something won (especially money):winningsprofits
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- B1Confusing pairs of words — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- able to win
- going to win
- win the race
- chance of winning
- likely to win
- want to win
- can't win
- try to win
- team will win
- expect to win
- to win the
- will win the