to achieve victory or succeed in a competition, game, or struggle
After months of practice, the team finally wins the championship match.
If you keep training hard, you will win someday.
✦ Old English ‘winnan’ meaning ‘to strive, contend, or gain’
to receive something desirable, such as money or a prize, through chance or competition
He hopes to win a scholarship to college.
When the raffle numbers were called, Maria realized she had won a new bicycle.
✦ Derived from the broader sense of ‘win’ as ‘to gain or obtain’, recorded since Middle English
to gain someone’s support, love, or approval through effort
His kindness helped him win the trust of his neighbors.
The candidate hopes her speech will win undecided voters.
✦ Evolved figuratively from the basic sense of ‘to gain’ in the late Middle English period
to link one place or thing with another as a matched pair, especially two towns for cultural exchange
The council decided to twin our city with Marseille to promote tourism.
After being twinned, the two schools began annual student exchanges.
