win
part of speech
verb (win, wins, won, winning); noun (a win, wins)
meaning for a pupil
1) To win means to be the best or come first in a game, race or competition. tree →
2) To win a prize is to get it because you did well or were lucky. tree →
3) A win is a game or match you won. tree →
4) To win someone over is to get them to agree with you or like you. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school maths: games or prizes won; scores; games played = wins + losses (+ draws or ties); comparing medals. In everyday life: winning a race on sports day, a raffle, a board game; being a good winner and a good loser. Phrases: «win a prize», «win by 2 points», «win or lose», «a win-win» (good for both sides).
examples
- The team won 8 games and lost 3. tree →
- She wins 5 dollars. tree →
- How many games did they play? tree →
- He won 3 more medals than Tom. tree →
- Our class won the tug of war. tree →
- You can't win every game, and that's okay. tree →
- She won first prize in the art contest. tree →
- They won by two goals. tree →
- Slow and steady wins the race. tree →
note
Past «won» (sounds like «one»). You win a game or a prize, but you beat a person or team: «we beat them», not «we won them». Maths: prizes won add to what one has. Games played = wins + losses (+ ties). Fair play: cheating to win is not a real win.
In the corpora
- A scratch card is a quick lottery ticket; the "almost won" feeling is designed to make people buy another.
- A prize won with someone else's work does not feel like winning; owning up is the brave thing.
- Ukraine has won Eurovision three times: in 2004 with Ruslana, in 2016 with Jamala and in 2022 with Kalush Orchestra.
- Ukraine has won Eurovision three times: in 2004, 2016 and 2022.
- Banana skins are slippery because of a gel on the inside; scientists who measured it won the joke Ig Nobel Prize in 2014.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «win» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.