win – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of win

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to win
Participle: won
Gerund: winning

Cognates

See the 9 cognates of win

Indicative

Present

Iwin
youwin
he;she;itwins
wewin
youwin
theywin

Perfect

Ihave won
youhave won
he;she;ithas won
wehave won
youhave won
theyhave won

Past

Iwon
youwon
he;she;itwon
wewon
youwon
theywon

Pluperfect

Ihad won
youhad won
he;she;ithad won
wehad won
youhad won
theyhad won

Future

Iwill win
youwill win
he;she;itwill win
wewill win
youwill win
theywill win

Future Perfect

Iwill have won
youwill have won
he;she;itwill have won
wewill have won
youwill have won
theywill have won

Subjunctive

Present

Iwin
youwin
he;she;itwin
wewin
youwin
theywin

Perfect

Ihave won
youhave won
he;she;ithave won
wehave won
youhave won
theyhave won

Imperfect

Iwon
youwon
he;she;itwon
wewon
youwon
theywon

Pluperfect

Ihad won
youhad won
he;she;ithad won
wehad won
youhad won
theyhad won

Conditional

Present

Iwould win
youwould win
he;she;itwould win
wewould win
youwould win
theywould win

Perfect

Iwould have won
youwould have won
he;she;itwould have won
wewould have won
youwould have won
theywould have won

Imperative

youwin
weLet's win
youwin

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam winning
youare winning
he;she;itis winning
weare winning
youare winning
theyare winning

Perfect

Ihave been winning
youhave been winning
he;she;ithas been winning
wehave been winning
youhave been winning
theyhave been winning

Past

Iwas winning
youwere winning
he;she;itwas winning
wewere winning
youwere winning
theywere winning

Pluperfect

Ihad been winning
youhad been winning
he;she;ithad been winning
wehad been winning
youhad been winning
theyhad been winning

Future

Iwill be winning
youwill be winning
he;she;itwill be winning
wewill be winning
youwill be winning
theywill be winning

Future Perfect

Iwill have been winning
youwill have been winning
he;she;itwill have been winning
wewill have been winning
youwill have been winning
theywill have been winning

Conditional

Present

Iwould be winning
youwould be winning
he;she;itwould be winning
wewould be winning
youwould be winning
theywould be winning

Perfect

Iwould have been winning
youwould have been winning
he;she;itwould have been winning
wewould have been winning
youwould have been winning
theywould have been winning

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'win'

win, bewin, electrowin, overwin,

Verbs similar to 'win'

bin, din, fin, gin, in, lin, min, pin, sin, tin,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to earn or merit a reward or punishment
be worthy of, brook, deserve, earn, garner, merit, reap
to gain possession of something
accept, acquire, attain, cop, enlist, gain, garner, get, get hold of, get one's hands on, land, lay hands on, lay hold of, obtain, procure, receive, score, secure, snag, take
succeed
triumph, prevail, overcome, advance
obtain
achieve, acquire, attain, gain, earn, secure, procure, reach
convince
persuade, influence, convert

Antonyms

fail to be the winner
lose
succeed
fail, lose, blunder, miss
obtain
lose, forfeit, sacrifice, forgo

Additional Information

Cf. Old English strong verb clingan (cling), slincan (slink), spinnan (spin), stingan (sting), swingan (swing), gewinnan (win) and wringan (wring).

Etymology

1. fusion of O.E. winnan "struggle for, work at, strive, fight," and gewinnan "to gain or succeed by struggling, to win," both from P.Gmc. *wenwanan (cf. O.S. winnan, O.N. vinna, O.Fris. winna, Du. winnen "to gain, win," Dan. vinde "to win," O.H.G. winnan "to strive, struggle, fight," Ger. gewinnen "to gain, win," Goth. gawinnen "to suffer, toil"). Perhaps related to wish, or from PIE *van- "overcome, conquer." Sense of "to be victorious" is recorded from c.1300. The noun in O.E. meant "labor, strife, conflict;" modern sense of "a victory in a game or contest" is first attested 1862, from the verb. Breadwinner (see bread) preserves the sense of "toil" in O.E. winnan. Phrase you can't win them all (1954) first attested in Raymond Chandler.
2. From Middle English winnen, from Old English winnan (“to labour, swink, toil,”) (compare Old English ġewinnan (“conquer, obtain, gain; endure, bear, suffer; be ill”)), from Proto-West Germanic *winnan, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną (“to swink, labour, win, gain, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”).
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with North Frisian wan, wane, wen, wine, wune (“to win”), Saterland Frisian and West Frisian winne (“to win”), Cimbrian gabènnan (“to win”), Dutch and Low German winnen (“to win”), German gewinnen (“to win”), Luxembourgish gewannen (“to win”), Danish vinde (“to win”), Faroese and Icelandic vinna (“to win”), Norwegian Bokmål vinne (“to win”), Norwegian Nynorsk vinna, vinne (“to win”), Swedish vinna (“to win”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (winnan, “to suffer”); also Latin venus (“beauty, charm, elegance, grace; beloved, love”), Albanian vuaj, vuj (“to suffer; to endure”), Sanskrit वनोति (vanoti, “to desire, like, love, wish; to gain, procure; to win; to prepare; to hurt, injure”). See: Middle English 'winnen', Old English 'winnan', Proto-Germanic '*winnaną', Cimbrian 'gabènnan', German, old spelling 'gewinnen', Luxembourgish 'gewannen', Danish 'vinde', Norwegian 'vinne', Norwegian, nynorsk 'vinna', Swedish 'vinna', Albanian 'vuaj', Sanskrit 'वनोति'.

Verbs referencing "win"

German, old spelling gewinnen, Faroese vinna, Icelandic vinna, Norwegian, nynorsk vinna, Swedish vinna, Norwegian vinne, Low Saxon winnen, Xhosa wina, Tok Pisin winim, Frisian, Saterlandic winne, Luxembourgish gewannen, Hindi बनना.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] House of Commons like a man, and have yielded to no weakness, but slumber, in the House of Lords. I have seen elections for borough and county, and have never been impelled (no matter which party won ) to damage my hat by throwing it up into the air in triumph, or to crack my voice by shouting forth any reference to our Glorious Constitution, to the noble purity of our independent voters, or, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • I visited both houses nearly every day, during my stay in Washington. On my initiatory visit to the House of Representatives, they divided against a decision of the chair; but the chair won. The second time I went, the member who was speaking, being interrupted by a laugh, mimicked it, as one child would in quarrelling with another, and added, ‘that he would make honourable gentlemen [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Partly from confidence inspired by Mr. Shelby's representations, and partly from the remarkably inoffensive and quiet character of the man, Tom had insensibly won his way far into the confidence even of such a man as Haley. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Ever quiet and obliging, and more than ready to lend a hand in every emergency which occurred among the workmen below, he had won the good opinion of all the hands, and spent many hours in helping them with as hearty a good will as ever he worked on a Kentucky farm. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] On the most conspicuous of these heights stood a monument erected by the Provincial Legislature in memory of General Brock, who was slain in a battle with the American forces, after having won the victory. Some vagabond, supposed to be a fellow of the name of Lett, who is now, or who lately was, in prison as a felon, blew up this monument two years ago, and it is now a melancholy ruin, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] no other conveyance was open to them. He and his vessel are held in universal respect, both by his own countrymen and ours; and no man ever enjoyed the popular esteem, who, in his sphere of action, won and wore it better than this gentleman. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] enthusiasm; and it is the possession of these latter qualities in a most remarkable degree, which renders an educated American one of the most endearing and most generous of friends. I never was so won upon, as by this class; never yielded up my full confidence and esteem so readily and pleasurably, as to them; never can make again, in half a year, so many friends for whom I seem to entertain the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] militate directly against the character and conduct of a life, appeals at once to your distrust, and is believed. You will strain at a gnat in the way of trustfulness and confidence, however fairly won and well deserved; but you will swallow a whole caravan of camels, if they be laden with unworthy doubts and mean suspicions. Is this well, think you, or likely to elevate the character of the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] and, as she was a woman that had a great faculty of making everybody unhappy when she was, her immediate attendants had still stronger reason to regret the loss of their young mistress, whose winning ways and gentle intercessions had so often been a shield to them from the tyrannical and selfish exactions of her mother. Poor old Mammy, in particular, whose heart, severed from all natural [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] home but once, after; and then, his mother, with the yearning of a heart that must love something, and has nothing else to love, clung to him, and sought, with passionate prayers and entreaties, to win him from a life of sin, to his soul's eternal good. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Below the belt is a no-go. No time limit and no rounds. Follow my rules, be the last one standing, and you win. (Squad 36)
  • Then we won the vote, so we let all the frogs go in the school lake. (Baireoseu)
  • Once the sun sets, I win ! Mr. Krabs, look! It's your bubble! (The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants)
  • Soori... Shh! Come with me... Come with me... Sir, this is Soori... Did you say you won 4 times in wrestling ? (Garadi)
  • Who's got a drink ? Who doesn't ? They may have won the battle (Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties)