Win : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Win	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Win
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
win n a victory (as in a race or other competition); "he was happy to get the win" something won (especially money) Synonym(s): winnings, win, profits Antonym(s): losings, losses v be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game" Antonym(s): lose win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance" Synonym(s): acquire, win, gain Antonym(s): lose obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference" Synonym(s): gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground Antonym(s): drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recede attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" Synonym(s): succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods Antonym(s): fail, go wrong, miscarry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Win \Win\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Won}, Obs. {Wan}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Winning}.] [OE. winnen, AS. winnan to strive, labor, fight, endure; akin to OFries. winna, OS. winnan, D. winnen to win, gain, G. gewinnen, OHG. winnan to strive, struggle, Icel. vinna to labor, suffer, win, Dan. vinde to win, Sw. vinna, Goth. winnan to suffer, Skr. van to wish, get, gain, conquer. [root]138. Cf. {Venerate}, {Winsome}, {Wish}, {Wont}, a.] 1. To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country. [bd]This city for to win.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Who thus shall Canaan win.[b8] --Milton. Thy well-breathed horse Impels the flying car, and wins the course. --Dryden. 2. To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship. Thy virtue wan me; with virtue preserve me. --Sir P. Sidney. She is a woman; therefore to be won. --Shak. 3. To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury. 4. To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake. [Archaic] Even in the porch he him did win. --Spenser. And when the stony path began, By which the naked peak they wan, Up flew the snowy ptarmigan. --Sir W. Scott. 5. (Mining) To extract, as ore or coal. --Raymond. Syn: To gain; get; procure; earn. See {Gain}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Win \Win\, v. i. To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail. Nor is it aught but just That he, who in debate of truth hath won, should win in arms. --Milton. {To win of}, to be conqueror over. [Obs.] --Shak. {To win on} [or] {upon}. (a) To gain favor or influence with. [bd]You have a softness and beneficence winning on the hearts of others.[b8] --Dryden. (b) To gain ground on. [bd]The rabble . . . will in time win upon power.[b8] --Shak.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
win [MIT; now common everywhere] 1. vi. To succeed. A program wins if no unexpected conditions arise, or (especially) if it sufficiently {robust} to take exceptions in stride. 2. n. Success, or a specific instance thereof. A pleasing outcome. "So it turned out I could use a {lexer} generator instead of hand-coding my own pattern recognizer. What a win!" Emphatic forms: `moby win', `super win', `hyper-win' (often used interjectively as a reply). For some reason `suitable win' is also common at MIT, usually in reference to a satisfactory solution to a problem. Oppose {lose}; see also {big win}, which isn't quite just an intensification of `win'.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
win (Said of people, computers, {algorithms}, programs) (To be) a success at a given task. E.g. "{WYSIWYG} is a clear win for small documents". "winnitude" is the quality posessed by something which wins. "winning" is often (ab)used as an adjective. Synonyms: {cuspy}, {elegant}. Antonym: {lose}. Compare {lossy}, {lossless}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-09-08)