win
English
/wɪn/
verb
Definitions
- (obsolete) To conquer, defeat.
- (transitive) To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
- (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
- (transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
- (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
- (intransitive) To achieve victory.
- (intransitive) To have power, coercion or control.
- (transitive) To obtain (something desired).
- (transitive) To cause a victory for someone.
- (transitive) To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English winnen inherited from Old English winnan (swink, labour, resist, trouble oneself, fight, contradict, oppose, strive, toil, rage, endure, struggle) inherited from Proto-Germanic *winnaną (gain, win, fight, labour, swink, labor, strive) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (love, wish, desire, strive, win, strive for, seek, wish for, succeed, pursue).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wenh₁-
Gloss
love, wish, desire, strive, win, strive for, seek, wish for, succeed, pursue
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
欲
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewin English
- breadwinner English
- cowinner English
- electrowin English
- letterwinner English
- matchwinner English
- nonwinner English
- outwin English
- overwin English
- prizewinner English
- rewin English
- soulwinner English
- stakeswinner English
- unwinnable English
- winless English
- winlessness English
- winnability English
- winnable English
- winner English
- winnerhood English
- winnerless English
- winnership English
- winnest English
- winneth English
- witherwin English
- won English
- wont English
- capillus Veneris Latin
- venereus Latin
- veneror Latin
- venia Latin
- vinnulus Latin
- vēnārī Latin
- vēnātiōnem Latin
- Gewinner German
- Gewinnspiel German
- abgewinnen German
- gewinnbar German
- gewinnen German
- liebgewinnen German
- wiedergewinnen German
- aanwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- herwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- kostwinner Dutch, Flemish
- ontwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- overwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- verwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- wingewest Dutch, Flemish
- winnaar Dutch, Flemish
- winnares Dutch, Flemish
- winnen Dutch, Flemish
- winning Dutch, Flemish
- winst Dutch, Flemish
- winzucht Dutch, Flemish
- *wen- Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁-es-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁is Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁ostos Proto-Indo-European
- *weyh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wénh₁-os Proto-Indo-European
- *wénh₁-os-teh₂ts Proto-Indo-European
- *wénh₁osteh₂ts Proto-Indo-European
- gjenvinne Norwegian Bokmål
- lettvinn Norwegian Bokmål
- lettvint Norwegian Bokmål
- nyvunnet Norwegian Bokmål
- overvinne Norwegian Bokmål
- utvinne Norwegian Bokmål
- vinne Norwegian Bokmål
- *Balþawiniz Proto-Germanic
- *gawinnaną Proto-Germanic
- *wanjaną Proto-Germanic
- *winiz Proto-Germanic
- *winjō Proto-Germanic
- *winnaną Proto-Germanic
- *wunaną, *wunēną, *wunajaną Proto-Germanic
- *wundrą Proto-Germanic
- *wundrōną Proto-Germanic
- *wunjō Proto-Germanic
- *wunskijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wunskō Proto-Germanic
- *wunô Proto-Germanic
- *wunāną Proto-Germanic
- *wēniz Proto-Germanic
- vinna Swedish
- vinnare Swedish
- återvinna Swedish
- övervinna Swedish
- vinna Norwegian Nynorsk
- gewinnan Old English
- oferwinnan Old English
- winnan Old English
- wiþerwinna Old English
- ġewinnan Old English
- वनस् Sanskrit
- वन् Sanskrit
- awinnen Middle English
- bewinnen Middle English
- biwinnen Middle English
- iwinnen Middle English
- outwinnen Middle English
- overwinnen Middle English
- winnen Middle English
- wiþerwine Middle English
- wynner Middle English
- wynnyng Middle English
- vinna Old Norse
- وانستن Persian
- winnen Middle Dutch
- giwennen Old High German
- giwinnan Old High German
- wen Afrikaans
- gewinnen Middle High German
- erëmgewannen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- gewannen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *winnan gmw-pro
- *wunnjusam gmw-pro
- winnan Old Dutch
- *weniyā Proto-Celtic
- *wēnos Proto-Celtic
- 溫拿 Chinese
- winnen Middle Low German
- vinna Old Swedish
- *weneznom Proto-Italic
- *wenos Proto-Italic
- *wánas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- winna Old Frisian
- wʾnyst, wʾn- Middle Persian
- wina Xhosa
- winim Tok Pisin
- Winnst Low German
- winnen Low German
- överwinnen Low German
- *un- Proto-Albanian
- win Chuukese