Meaning

5 senses
  1. An 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)

  2. (slang)A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.

  3. (Scotland)Pleasure; joy; delight.

  4. (obsolete)Gain; profit; income.

  5. (obsolete)Wealth; goods owned.

Examples

6041 sentences
  1. You may or may not win.

    Ти можеш перемогти, а можеш і не перемогти. — deniko

    deVielleicht gewinnst du, vielleicht aber auch nicht. — Kuraimegami

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. I'm going to win this time.

    Цього разу я переможу. — deniko

    ruНа этот раз я выиграю. — afyodor

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
individual victory:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
individual victory:

Origin

From Middle English winn, winne, from Old English winn (“toil, labor, trouble, hardship; p

From 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: wins
Singularwin
Pluralwins

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • something won (especially money):winningsprofits

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

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

See also

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