win \win\, v. t. imp.  p. p. won, obs. wan; p. pr.  vb.
   n. winning. oe. winnen, as. winnan to strive, labor,
   fight, endure; akin to ofries. winna, os. winnan, d. winnen
   to win, gain, g. gewinnen, ohg. winnan to strive, struggle,
   icel. vinna to labor, suffer, win, dan. vinde to win, sw.
   vinna, goth. winnan to suffer, skr. van to wish, get, gain,
   conquer. root138. cf. venerate, winsome, wish,
   wont, a.
   1913 webster
   1. to gain by superiority in competition or contest; to
      obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win
      the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to
      win a country. "this city for to win." --chaucer. "who
      thus shall canaan win." --milton.
      1913 webster

            thy well-breathed horse
            impels the flying car, and wins the course.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or
      obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.
      1913 webster

            thy virtue wan me; with virtue preserve me. --sir p.
                                                  sidney.
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            she is a woman; therefore to be won.  --shak.
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   3. to gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor,
      friendship, or support of; to render friendly or
      approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury.
      1913 webster

   4. to come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
      archaic
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            even in the porch he him did win.     --spenser.
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            and when the stony path began,
            by which the naked peak they wan,
            up flew the snowy ptarmigan.          --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

   5. mining to extract, as ore or coal. --raymond.
      1913 webster

   syn: to gain; get; procure; earn. see gain.
        1913 webster
see also:
won wan winning venerate winsome wish 
wont gain 

win \win\, v. i.
   to gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to
   prevail.
   1913 webster

         nor is it aught but just
         that he, who in debate of truth hath won,
         should win in arms.                      --milton.
   1913 webster

   to win of, to be conqueror over. obs. --shak.

   to win on or to win upon.
   a to gain favor or influence with. "you have a softness and
       beneficence winning on the hearts of others." --dryden.
   b to gain ground on. "the rabble . . . will in time win
       upon power." --shak.
       1913 webster
see also:
to win of to win on to win upon 

win
     n 1: a victory as in a race or other competition; "he was happy
          to get the win"
     2: something won especially money syn: winnings, profits
        ant: losings
     v 1: be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious;
          "he won the gold medal in skating"; "our home team won";
          "win the game" ant: lose
     2: win something through one's efforts; "i acquired a passing
        knowledge of chinese"; "gain an understanding of
        international finance" syn: acquire, gain ant: lose
     3: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "the home team was
        gaining ground"; "after defeating the knicks, the blazers
        pulled ahead of the lakers in the battle for the
        number-one playoff berth in the western conference" syn:
        gain, advance, pull ahead, make headway, get
        ahead, gain ground ant: fall back
     4: attain success or reach a desired goal; "the enterprise
        succeeded"; "we succeeded in getting tickets to the show";
        "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" syn: succeed,
         come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the
        goods ant: fail
     also: won, winning
see also:
winnings profits losings lose acquire gain 
advance pull ahead make headway get ahead gain ground 
fall back succeed come through bring home the bacon deliver the goods 
fail won winning 

123 moby thesaurus words for "win":
   cadmean victory, ko, pyrrhic victory, accomplish, achieve, acquire,
   annex, argue into, ascendancy, attain, bag, be seized of,
   bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, best, bring in, bring over,
   bring round, bring to reason, captivate, capture, carry,
   carry away, carry it, carry off, carry the day, catch, chalk up,
   championship, charm, clobber, come by, come in for, come into,
   come out first, con, conquer, conquest, contract, convince, corral,
   defeat, derive, drag down, draw, draw over, earn, easy victory,
   enter into possession, finish in front, fluke, gain, gain over,
   gain the day, get, grand slam, harvest, have, hook, hook in,
   knock down, knockout, landslide, landslide victory, lick, make,
   make a killing, mastery, moral victory, net, obtain, outtalk,
   overcome, persuade, pick up, picnic, prevail, prevail on,
   prevail upon, prevail with, procure, produce, pull down, pushover,
   reach, realize, reap, runaway victory, sack, score, secure, sell,
   sell one on, skin, subdual, subduing, success, sway, take,
   take the cake, talk into, talk over, total victory, triumph,
   trounce, victory, walkaway, walkover, wangle, wangle into,
   wear down, win out, win over, win the battle, win the laurels,
   win the palm, win the prize, win through, winning, winning streak,
   worst, yield

win
     wissenschaftsnetz network, dfn
     
     

win mit; now common everywhere 1. vi. to succeed. a program wins if
   no unexpected conditions arise, or especially if it is sufficiently
   robust to take exceptions in stride. 2. n. success, or a specific
   instance thereof. a pleasing outcome. "so it turned out i could use a
   lexer generator instead of hand-coding my own pattern recognizer. what
   a win" emphatic forms: `moby win', `super win', `hyper-win' often used
   interjectively as a reply. for some reason `suitable win' is also
   common at mit, usually in reference to a satisfactory solution to a
   problem. oppose lose; see also big win, which isn't quite just an
   intensification of `win'.


see also:
robust lexer lose big win 

win
     
         said of people, computers, algorithms, programs
        to be a success at a given task.
     
        e.g. "wysiwyg is a clear win for small documents".
     
        "winnitude" is the quality posessed by something which wins.
        "winning" is often abused as an adjective.
     
        synonyms: cuspy, elegant.  antonym: lose.  compare
        lossy, lossless.
     
        jargon file
     
        1996-09-08
     
     
see also:
algorithms wysiwyg cuspy elegant lose lossy 
lossless jargon file