win

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, comfortable, convincing, decisive, easy, emphatic, handsome (esp. BrE), resounding, runaway (BrE)

▪ excellent, fine, great, impressive

▪ thrilling

▪ remarkable, shock (BrE), unexpected, upset (AmE)

▪ famous

▪

People still talk about the famous win against Brazil.

▪ last-gasp (BrE), narrow

▪

An extra-time penalty gave Barcelona a last-gasp win over Chelsea.

▪ overtime (AmE)

▪ hard-earned (esp. BrE), hard-fought

▪ come-from-behind (AmE)

▪ deserved (BrE)

▪ away, home (both BrE)

▪

The team claimed a 6–3 away win over Middlethorpe.

▪ back-to-back, consecutive, straight

▪

The Red Sox opened the season with five straight wins.

▪ five-point, two-goal, etc.

▪ cup-final (in football/soccer), final-round, league, play-off, semi-final

▪ Super Bowl™, World Series, etc.

▪ Democrat, Labour, etc.

VERB + WIN

▪ chalk up, claim, clinch (esp. BrE), earn, gain, get, have, notch, notch up, post (esp. AmE), pull out (esp. AmE), record, score

▪

We've had three successive wins in the National League.

▪

Torino notched up a 2–1 win at Lazio.

▪ cruise to, romp to (esp. BrE)

▪

Woods romped to a 12-shot win in the Open.

▪ deserve, earn

▪ give sb

▪ celebrate

WIN + VERB

▪ come

▪

His only big win came in the French Open ten years ago.

▪ keep sb, lift sb, put sb, take sb

▪

Williams's straight-sets win puts her through to the semi-final.

PREPOSITION

▪ without a win

▪

They've gone four games without a win.

▪ win against, win over

▪

Liverpool gained a thrilling 5–4 win over Glenavon.

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verb

ADVERB

▪ comfortably (esp. BrE), convincingly, decisively, easily, handily (esp. AmE), hands down, handsomely (esp. BrE), outright

▪

The French team won hands down.

▪ narrowly

▪

She narrowly won the first race.

▪ nearly

▪ duly (BrE)

▪

He duly won, but was then sidelined by a leg injury.

▪ unexpectedly

▪ eventually, finally, ultimately

VERB + WIN

▪ deserve to

▪

We didn't deserve to win—we played very badly.

▪ hope to, want to

▪ be expected to, be tipped to (BrE), expect to

▪

The actress is tipped to win an Oscar for her performance.

▪ be in a position to, be likely to

▪

He entered election day in a strong position to win.

▪ have yet to

▪

He has yet to win a major tournament.

▪ go on to

▪

The movie was an instant success and went on to win five Academy Awards.

▪ be going to

▪

Who do you think is going to win?

▪ manage to

▪ try and, try to

▪

You have to try and win every race.

▪ fail to

▪

The far right party failed to win a single seat.

▪ help (to), help sb (to)

▪

qualities which help win business and motivate staff

PREPOSITION

▪ against

▪

They stand a good chance of winning against their league rivals.

▪ at

▪

I never win at tennis.

▪ by

▪

She won the race by 25 seconds.

PHRASES

▪ be capable of winning (sth)

▪

There are a lot of teams capable of winning the title.

▪ be confident of winning (sth)

▪

We're confident of winning the title this year.

▪ a chance of winning (sth), a chance to win sth, an opportunity to win sth

▪

the chance to win the trip of a lifetime

▪ succeed in winning sth

▪

He succeeded in winning their confidence.

▪ have, know, etc. what it takes to win sth

▪

Does he have what it takes to win the Tour?

▪ win by a landslide, win in a landslide (AmE)

▪

President Reagan won by a landslide.

▪ win or lose

Win is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑gymnast, ↑jockey, ↑party, ↑side, ↑team

Win is used with these nouns as the object: ↑acceptance, ↑acclaim, ↑accolade, ↑acquittal, ↑admiration, ↑admirer, ↑affection, ↑appeal, ↑applause, ↑approval, ↑argument, ↑award, ↑backing, ↑ball, ↑battle, ↑bet, ↑bid, ↑bronze, ↑bursary, ↑case, ↑championship, ↑claim, ↑compensation, ↑competition, ↑concession, ↑confidence, ↑contest, ↑contract, ↑control, ↑convert, ↑conviction, ↑corner, ↑crown, ↑cup, ↑custody, ↑damage, ↑deal, ↑debate, ↑dispute, ↑district, ↑division, ↑election, ↑encounter, ↑endorsement, ↑event, ↑fame, ↑favour, ↑fight, ↑final, ↑fortune, ↑franchise, ↑freedom, ↑friend, ↑funding, ↑game, ↑glory, ↑gold, ↑goodwill, ↑heart, ↑heat, ↑honour, ↑independence, ↑injunction, ↑jackpot, ↑job, ↑judgement, ↑kudos, ↑league, ↑liberty, ↑licence, ↑lottery, ↑loyalty, ↑majority, ↑mandate, ↑marathon, ↑match, ↑medal, ↑meet, ↑nomination, ↑office, ↑order, ↑ovation, ↑passage, ↑penalty, ↑permission, ↑place, ↑point, ↑popularity, ↑praise, ↑presidency, ↑prize, ↑promotion, ↑quiz, ↑race, ↑raffle, ↑rally, ↑recognition, ↑referendum, ↑relay, ↑representation, ↑reprieve, ↑reputation, ↑respect, ↑review, ↑role, ↑round, ↑scholarship, ↑seat, ↑selection, ↑series, ↑set, ↑settlement, ↑silver, ↑single, ↑sponsorship, ↑state, ↑struggle, ↑suit, ↑support, ↑sympathy, ↑tender, ↑term, ↑title, ↑toss, ↑total, ↑tournament, ↑trophy, ↑trust, ↑victory, ↑vote, ↑war