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to win
01
to become the most successful, the luckiest, or the best in a game, race, fight, etc.
Transitive: to win a contest
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Irregular
Present tense
win
3rd person singular
wins
Past simple
won
Past participle
won
Examples
Our team won the championship after a hard-fought season.
1.1
to be awarded something such as a prize after winning a contest, bet, etc.
Transitive: to win a prize
Examples
She won a scholarship to study abroad.
02
to manage to get something through one's actions or words
Ditransitive: to win sb sth
Transitive: to win sth
Examples
His dedication to the project won him a promotion.
Win
01
a victory (as in a race or other competition)
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
wins
02
something won (especially money)
