Betekenis van win In het Nederlands

• 0 to achieve first position and/or get a prize in a competition, election, fight, etc.:

  • Which year was it that Italy won the World Cup?

  • He won first prize/a bottle of wine in the raffle.

  • Who's winning?

  • This is the third medal she's won this season.

  • Who won the men's finals at the Open?

  • They won the war, although it cost them millions of lives.

  • If this government win the next election, I'm leaving the country.

  • Everyone likes winning an argument.

  • [ + two objects ] It was his goal that won us the match/won the match for us.

  • Her firm has just won (= beaten other companies to get) a cleaning contract worth £3 million.

  • Her plans have won the support of many local people.

  • This is Jamie, the four-year old who won the hearts of the nation (= made everyone love him and/or feel sympathy for him).

  • She would do anything to win his love.

  • Winning back his trust was the hardest part.

• 1 an occasion when someone wins a game or competition:

  • It was the team's sixth consecutive win this season.

  • Everyone was predicting a Republican win at the last election and look what happened.

• 2 to defeat a competitor, or to achieve first position or get a prize in a competition:

  • [ I ] Did they win last night?

  • [ T ] Our team won the game!

• 3 to be the best in a situation where several people, organizations, etc. are competing:

  • If she scores the next point, she'll have won.

  • He won the election by 2,385 votes.

  • win an argument/battle Graves won the battle for control of the organization.

  • His barristers said he had no chance of winning this case.

  • win easily/handily/decisively

• 4 to succeed in getting something that other people, organizations, etc. are also trying to get:

  • win an award/contract/order The UK property firm is favourite to win the contract for the bank's new head office.

  • win sb sth The big question is whether her actions will win her votes.

• 5 to receive approval, support, etc. for something, especially when you have made a big effort to get it:

  • win (sb's) approval/support/confidence The property tycoon has won the support of shareholders.

  • win sth from sb The proposed merger broke down last week after failing to win approval from the US government.

• 6 to get advantages from a situation:

  • When we use green technology, we all win with a cleaner environment as well as jobs growth.

• 7 a successful attempt at achieving something such as a prize or reward:

  • The polls predicted a Conservative win.

  • a win for sb The passage of the bill is a significant win for supporters of offshore drilling.