to win
∞
1.0
- verb
- /wɪn/
:
ganar
- OK, first of all, I came here not to make you famous, but to help you win that scholarship.
- win support
- win confidence
- win the hearts
He subjugated and supported and won the hearts and minds, right?
- He subjugated and supported and won the hearts and minds, right?
- And, you know, you can win cheap points that way.
- She's just like, doing work and like winning people over.
- It just is peculiar that that would win an argument.
- Khadijah learns to love her husband and wins his love in return.
- I feel like you win on my little secret.
- I was like, Jesus, bro, way to get win me over on cooperating.
Examples
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For the record, you can win people over just by being who you are.
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Such an approach would surely win the approval of a Tolai like William Kaputin.
Academic text (1999) -
I mean, the game plan was if I can win her over, maybe.
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So nice sweet person wants to win Max over.
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And they realise if I can win, this changes my life.
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I'm doing this because I want to win the people's hearts.
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He doesn't know how he could possibly win her back.
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Will the young extrovert win over the grumpy introvert by being so responsible and friendly?
Academic text (2011) -
Roz needs Boots's support if she's going to win her first county-wide contest.
Fiction book (1990) -
She hopes to win the approval of her peers through her hard work.
Synonyms
∞
2.3
To reach a goal by effort or skill
∞
1.4
To get something useful, often by effort, like money or skills
947
1.0
To get respect from others because you behave well
458
3.3
To get something or learn a skill over time
88
6.0
To collect or get something after effort
60
3.4
To win or succeed and feel great joy
4
3.3
To make people like and admire you
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Idioms
- Informal
1
7.1
Get a small success but lose a bigger long-term goal
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Etymology
The verb win in the sense 'to gain' someone’s feeling comes from the same old root winnan, which meant 'to gain' by effort. That's why to 'win' someone's trust or affection is to earn or gain it through your actions.