win
To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
Other meanings
To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
“to win the jackpot in a lottery;  to win a bottle of wine in a raffle”
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "winnan" (to labour, swink, toil).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “win” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.