📒 to be the most successful in a competition, race, battle, etc.
- Which team won?
- win something to win an election
- to win a game/race/war/battle
📒 to get something as the result of a competition, race, election, etc.
- win something Britain won five gold medals.
- He won £3 000 in the lottery.
- How many states did the Republicans win?
📒 to achieve or get something that you want, especially by your own efforts
- They are trying to win support for their proposals.
- The company has won a contract to supply books and materials to schools.
- She won the admiration of many people in her battle against cancer.
📒 to be successful against somebody/something
- Despite strong opposition, the ruling party carried the day.
- Teamwork and persistence can still win the day.
📒 to win something very easily
📒 to make somebody love you
📒 whether you succeed or fail
- Win or lose, we'll know we've done our best.
📒 to become famous or successful
📒 used to express sympathy for somebody who has been disappointed about something
📒 used to say that there is no acceptable way of dealing with a particular situation
- I can’t win. If I agree with her, she says I have no mind of my own; if I don’t, she says I’m being difficult.
📒 used to agree to what somebody wants after you have failed to persuade them to do or let you do something else
- OK, you win. I'll admit I was wrong.