Definition of Win

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Definition of Win

Win

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.

To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.

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.

To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.

To extract, as ore or coal.

To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.

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Win Quotations

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
Buddha

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
Zig Ziglar

Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.
Barack Obama

My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.
Ronald Reagan

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
Abraham Lincoln

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
Winston Churchill

Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Vince Lombardi

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
Vince Lombardi

Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
Vince Lombardi

If you can accept losing, you can't win.
Vince Lombardi

Win Translations

win in Afrikaans is wen, verdien
win in Danish is fortjene, vinde
win in Dutch is winnen, verdienen, behalen
win in Finnish is voittaa
win in French is gagner
win in German is gewinnen
win in Italian is guadagnare, vincere
win in Latin is lucror, vinco vici victum
win in Spanish is ganar
win in Swedish is vinna, vinna, segra

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