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Definition:

a victory (as in a race or other competition); "he was happy to get the win";

something won (especially money);

be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game";

obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference";

win something through one''s efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance";

attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won";

Hyponyms: first-place finish, romp, carry, take, sweep, prevail, triumph, take the cake, steal, score, hit, tally, rack up, cozen, pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manage, pass, clear, luck out, hit the jackpot, nail down, nail, peg, make it, run, work, act, pan out, achieve, accomplish, attain, reach, arrive, get in, go far

Entailments: compete, vie, contend, try, seek, attempt, essay, assay

Derivational Morphology: gain, advance, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground, acquire, winner, victor, winnings, profits, gainer, achiever, success, succeeder, winning

Language Translations:
Catalan: guanyar and victòria		Chinese: 勝利
Dutch: overwinning and winnen		Esperanto: venki
Finnish: voittaa and voitto		French: gagner and gain
Greek: νίκη		Hebrew: לנצח and נצחון
Italian: vincere and vittoria		Japanese: 勝ち and 勝つ
Korean: 이기다		Latin: vincere
Norwegian: seier and vinne		Polish: wygrywać
Portuguese: vencer		Romanian: câştiga and victorie
Spanish: ganar		Swedish: seger and vinna
Telugu: గెలుచు and గెలుచుకొను and గెలుపు		Turkish: kazanmak

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