win

Plural: wins

Noun

a victory (as in a race or other competition)
- "he was happy to get the win"
something won (especially money)
An individual victory.
A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
Gain; profit; income.
Wealth; goods owned.
Pleasure; joy; delight.
Alternative form of wynn.

Verb

Verb Forms: winned, winning, wins, won, wan

To achieve victory in a contest or game.
To winnow; to separate grain from chaff.
be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
- "Win the game"
win something through one's efforts
obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
attain success or reach a desired goal
To conquer, defeat.
To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
To achieve victory.
To have power, coercion or control.
To obtain (something desired).
To cause a victory for someone.
To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
To defeat or surpass someone or something.
To take priority.
To dry by exposure to the wind.

Examples

Ever since the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Bostonians now run as "One Boston." The terrorists did not win.
If the local filters conflict with the global filters, the global filters always win.
Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.
The company hopes to win an order from the government worth over 5 million dollars.
The policy success should win the elections for Mr. Smith.
The success of the economic policies should win Mr. Smith the next elections.
The ultimate goal in Words With Friends is to win by scoring the most points.
to win the jackpot in a lottery; to win a bottle of wine in a raffle
Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a dolphin?
You have to win your tile rack, separating the useful letters from the duds.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English winnen, from Old English winnan (“to labour, swink, toil,”) (compare Old English ġewinnan (“conquer, obtain, gain; endure, bear, suffer; be ill”)), from Proto-West Germanic *winnan, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną (“to swink, labour, win, gain, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”).
Cognate with Low German winnen, Dutch winnen, German gewinnen, Danish vinde, Norwegian Bokmål vinne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish vinna.

Synonyms

acquire, advance, bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, profits, pull ahead, succeed, winnings, achieve, deserve, earn, hit the jackpot, indebt, score, triumph, victory, walk off with

Antonyms

fail, fall back, lose, losings, loss

Scrabble Score: 6

win: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
win: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
win: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

win: valid Words With Friends Word