win

win 1. present participle - winning; verb

1) (to obtain (a victory) in a contest; to succeed in coming first in (a contest), usually by one's own efforts: He won a fine victory in the election; Who won the war/match?; He won the bet; He won (the race) in a fast time / by a clear five metres.) vinne, seire

2) (to obtain (a prize) in a competition etc, usually by luck: to win first prize; I won $5 in the crossword competition.) vinne

3) (to obtain by one's own efforts: He won her respect over a number of years.) vinne, oppnå

2. noun

(a victory or success: She's had two wins in four races.) seier; suksess; gevinst

- winner

- winning
- winning-post
- win over
- win the day
- win through

vinne

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subst. \/wɪn\/

1) (hverdagslig, sport) seier

• our team has had three wins this summer

laget vårt har vunnet tre seire i sommer

2) (hverdagslig) gevinst

• there was a big win on the pools

det var stor gevinst på tippingen

II

verb (won - won) \/wɪn\/, \/wʌn\/

1) vinne, seire

2) (oppmerksomhet, støtte) få, oppnå, vekke

• she tried to win her mother's attention

hun prøvde å få morens oppmerksomhet

• hard work had won her much respect

arbeidsinnsatsen hennes vekket stor respekt

3) (gruvedrift) utvinne, bryte

4) (gammeldags) innta

• they won the fortress

de inntok festningen

lightly won, lightly gone (ordtak) det som kommer lett, går lett

win big vinne stort

win clear from lykkes unngå

win\/earn one's spurs se ➢ spur

win hands down se ➢ hand

win or lose enten en vinner eller taper, hvordan det enn går

• win or lose, she will earn quite a lot

enten hun vinner eller taper, vil hun tjene ganske godt

win out\/through (hverdagslig) seire, klare seg, lykkes

• his finer nature won out

hans bedre jeg gikk av med seieren

• she always wins through her difficulties

hun overvinner alltid vanskelighetene sine

win some, lose some man kan ikke lykkes hver gang

win somebody over\/round vinne noen for en sak, overbevise noen, overtale noen

• he soon won the audience over

han klarte raskt å overbevise sitt publikum

win somebody something vinne noe for noen

• he won us the game

det var han som gjorde at vi vant

• her kind nature won her all hearts

hennes vennlige vesen vant alles hjerter

win the day\/field (gammeldags) se ➢ field

you can't win them all man kan ikke lykkes hver gang