1. To achieve victory or finish first in a competition.

2. To achieve success in an effort or a venture: struggled to overcome the handicap and finally won.

1. To achieve victory or finish first in.

2. To receive as a prize or reward for performance.

3. a. To achieve or attain by effort: win concessions in negotiations. b. To obtain or earn (a livelihood, for example). See synonyms at earn1.

4. To make (one's way) with effort.

5. To reach with difficulty: The ship won a safe port.

6. To take in battle; capture: won the heights after a fierce attack.

7. To succeed in gaining the favor or support of; prevail on: Her eloquence won over the audience.

8. a. To gain the affection or loyalty of. b. To appeal successfully to (someone's sympathy, for example). c. To persuade (another) to marry one: He wooed and won her.

9. a. To discover and open (a vein or deposit) in mining. b. To extract from a mine or from mined ore.

1. a. A victory, especially in a competition. b. First place in a competition.

2. An amount won or earned.