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[edit] English

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Old English winnan (to strive, labor, fight, endure). Cognate with Dutch winnen, Swedish vinna.

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Infinitive
to win

Third person singular
wins

Simple past
won

Past participle
won

Present participle
winning

to win (third-person singular simple present wins, present participle winning, simple past and past participle won)

  1. (transitive) To achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc).
  2. (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing.
  3. (intransitive) To achieve victory.
    Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a dolphin?

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[edit] Noun

Singular
win

Plural
wins

win (plural wins)

  1. An individual victory.

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[edit] Dutch

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win

  1. The first-person singular present tense of winnen.
  2. The imperative of winnen.

[edit] Old English

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From Germanic, from Latin vinum. Cognate with Old Saxon wīn (Dutch wijn), Old High German wīn (German Wein), Old Norse vín (Swedish vin), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽.

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wīn n.

  1. wine

[edit] Torres Strait Creole

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From English wind.

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win

  1. wind

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