win
Base form
win
/wɪn/
Past simple
won
/wʌn/
Past participle
won
/wʌn/
MeaningA1
to come first in a game or competition
to win the lottery
In use
- After a modal verb · Form 1Who do you think will win the match tonight?
- Negative · Form 1We don’t win very often, but we always enjoy playing.
- Past simple · Form 2Our school won the regional football final last May.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday Priya won a weekend in Paris in a radio competition.
- Present perfect · Form 3Ben has won three medals for swimming this year.
- Passive · Form 3The election was won by just forty votes.
Watch out
Won sounds exactly like one /wʌn/. And you win a game but beat a person: we won them → we beat them.
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