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won

won

1.5
Certain of victory and no longer at risk of losing
  • adjective
  • /wʌn/
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  • He is intruding upon other people's already won freedoms.

The war is not won, and that's how I feel.

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Examples

  • The war is not won, and that's how I feel.

  • And what's more, after a hard won victory, do not sleep.

  • And then it acts rationally on the basis of those hard won anticipations.

  • After a tense match, the team was finally won the championship trophy.

  • Her efforts paid off, and she won the first prize in the competition.

  • With their outstanding performance, the athletes felt secure that the gold medal was won.

Antonyms

1 1.0

Gone for good and impossible to get back

Compounds

A record showing how many games a team or player wins and loses in a season

Achieved after great cost or loss

Official money used in North Korea

The money used in South Korea, divided into 100 jeon

4.1

A Chinese dumpling filled with meat or vegetables and served in clear soup

How Close

dead heat
19 6.7
photo finish
  • Literature
4 4.2
won
1.5

Surface Forms

won positive

Etymology

Won (adjective) is simply the past form of the verb win, which means to get a victory. So a 'won' match or battle is one where victory is already certain.