win

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈwɪn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/wɪn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(win)

Inflections of 'win' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
wins
v 3rd person singular
winning
v pres p
winned
v past (For the drying sense only)
won
v past (All other usages)
winned
v past p (For the sense of drying hay, seed etc. only)
won
v past p (All other usages)

Collocations for "win"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "win" in context.

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win

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
v
  1. win a [prize, reward, free gift, place]
  2. win the award for [most, best, least likely to]
  3. win the [game, contest, competition, match]
  4. won the [game] for her team
  5. won it [again, for the first time]
  6. win the [lottery, election]
  7. win the [war, battle]
  8. win the war on [terror, drugs, cancer]
  9. win the war against [terror]
  10. (you) win some, (you) lose some
  11. has never won anything (before)
  12. win at [poker, blackjack]
  13. win with [grace, gratitude, ease]
  14. won [easily, convincingly]
  15. won [3-0] (against)
  16. won a landslide (victory)
  17. won by a landslide
  18. win [and, or] lose
  19. see if you can win
  20. may the best [team, man] win!
  21. who's winning?
  22. OK, you win!
  23. is winning at life
  24. [try, play] to win
  25. [could, should, might] win
  26. [will, determined to] win against cancer
  27. win over your [crush, friend]
  28. (finally) won him over
  29. win her heart
  30. won the hearts and minds of
n
  1. [three] wins [in a row, consecutively]
  2. (in) a [close, hard-fought, moral-boosting, surprising] win
  3. a [3-1] win [over, against]
  4. need a win [this week, against]
  5. a [flag to flag, pillar to post, start to finish] win
  6. scored [three] points for a win
  7. [20] wins and no losses
  8. [20] wins [by knockout, inside the distance]
  9. a win [returns, pays] [5-1]
  10. bookies are [offering, giving] [3-1] for a win
n as adj
  1. a no-win [situation, decision]
  2. a win-win [situation]
'win' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Welsh - actor - ambition - apparently - application - arcade - argue - attribute - award - back - backbone - badly - beam - bee - bet - born - bound - caller - capability - celebrate - certainly - clever - coach - coconut - comfortable - compete - contention - contest - contestant - cost - crave - crying - cunning - cute - damper - deceit - deception - defy - determined - discipline - double - doubtful - driven - effort - enter - everything - fair - favor - favorite - fix

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