different between win vs pickup

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?n/
• Rhymes: -?n
• Homophones: wynn, Nguyen, winne

Etymology 1

From Middle English winnen, from Old English winnan (“to labour, swink, toil, trouble oneself; resist, oppose, contradict; fight, strive, struggle, rage; endure”) (compare Old English ?ewinnan (“conquer, obtain, gain; endure, bear, suffer; be ill”)), from Proto-Germanic *winnan? (“to swink, labour, win, gain, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Cognate with Low German winnen, Dutch winnen, German gewinnen, Norwegian Bokmål vinne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish vinna.

Verb

win (third-person singular simple present wins, present participle winning, simple past and past participle won or (obsolete) wan)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To conquer, defeat.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:

     For and we doo bataille we two wyl fyghte with one kny?t at ones / and therfore yf ye wille fyghte soo we wille be redy at what houre ye wille assigne / And yf ye wynne vs in bataille the lady shal haue her landes ageyne / ye say wel sayd sir Vwayne / therfor make yow redy so that ye be here to morne in the defence of the ladyes ryght
2. (transitive, intransitive) To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
   • c. 17th century, unknown author, The Baron of Brackley (traditional folk song)

     I well may gang out, love, but I'll never win home.
3. (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
4. (transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.

5. (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
   • 1589, Sir Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

     Thy virtue won me; with virtue preserve me.

   • 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act V, Scene 3

     She is a woman; therefore to be won.
6. (intransitive) To achieve victory.

7. (intransitive) To have power, coercion or control.

8. (transitive) To obtain (something desired).

9. (transitive) To cause a victory for someone.

10. (transitive, mining) To extract (ore, coal, etc.).

Conjugation

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English winn, winne, from Old English winn (“toil, labor, trouble, hardship; profit, gain; conflict, strife, war”), from Proto-Germanic *winn? (“labour, struggle, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“to strive, desire, wish, love”). Cognate with German Gewinn (“profit, gain”), Dutch gewin (“profit, gain”).

Noun

win (plural wins)

1. An individual victory.

   Antonym: loss

   Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.
2. (slang) A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.

   Antonym: fail

3. (obsolete) Gain; profit; income.
4. (obsolete) Wealth; goods owned.

Translations

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Middle English wynne, winne, wunne, from Old English wynn (“joy, rapture, pleasure, delight, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunj? (“joy, delight, pleasure, lust”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”).

Cognate with German Wonne (“bliss, joy, delight”), archaic Dutch wonne (“joy”), Danish ynde (“grace”), Icelandic yndi (“delight”).

Noun

win (plural wins)

1. (Scotland) Pleasure; joy; delight.

Derived terms

• worldly win

Etymology 4

From wind.

Verb

win

1. (transitive, Scotland) To dry by exposure to the wind.

References

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English win.

Noun

win

1. win
2. victory
3. prize

Verb

win

1. to win

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?n
• IPA^(key): /??n/

Verb

win

1. first-person singular present indicative of winnen
2. imperative of winnen

Kis

Noun

win

1. woman

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
• Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

win (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of wynne (“happiness”)

Etymology 2

From Old English winn, from Proto-West Germanic *winnan, from Proto-Germanic *winn?, *winnan?; akin to winnen. Reinforced by earlier iwin, from Old English ?ewinn.

Alternative forms

• winn, winne, wynne, wunne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /win/

Noun

win (uncountable)

1. benefit, gain, profit
2. (Late Middle English) wealth, riches
3. (Early Middle English) discord, conflict, turmoil
4. (Early Middle English, rare) exertion, work

Descendants

• English: win

References

• “win, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 April 2020.

Etymology 3

Verb

win

1. Alternative form of winnen (“to win”)

Etymology 4

Noun

win

1. Alternative form of vine (“grapevine”)

North Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?n/

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian wind, from Proto-Germanic *windaz.

Noun

win m

1. (Mooring) wind

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian w?n, from Proto-West Germanic *w?n, from Latin v?num.

Noun

win m

1. (Mooring) wine

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *w?n, from Latin v?num.

Noun

w?n m

1. wine

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: wijn
  • Dutch: wijn
    • Afrikaans: wyn
  • Limburgish: wien

Further reading

• “w?n”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *w?n from Latin v?num.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi?n/
• Homophone: wynn

Noun

w?n n

1. wine

Declension

Derived terms

• æppelw?n
• w?ntr?ow

Descendants

• Middle English: wyn, win, wine, wyne, wijn, vine, vyn, vyne, wyen, weyn, wynne
  • English: wine (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: wyne

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?in/

Noun

win f

1. genitive plural of wina

Noun

win n

1. genitive plural of wino

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English wind.

Noun

win

1. wind

Related terms

• winim

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English wind.

Noun

win

1. wind

Derived terms

• big win

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi?n/

Noun

win

1. Soft mutation of gwin.

Mutation

English

Alternative forms

• pick-up
• pick up

Etymology

From pick +? up.

Noun

pickup (countable and uncountable, plural pickups)

1. An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
   1. In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.
   2. electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations
2. (US, Canada) A pickup truck.
3. (usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.

   Rather than join a basketball league, James decided to play pickup.

   At lunch we had a game of pickup hockey.

   • 2010, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Peter Carey: A Literary Companion (page 100)

     Trevor, like an Aussie outbacker, eats snacks and a pickup meal of bread, cantaloupe, olives, mangoes, and melon.

4. An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter. See also pick-up line, pick-up joint, pickup artist.

   Hey, thanks for the drink, but if this is a pickup, I'm not interested.

5. A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.
   • 2002, James A. Abrahamson, Confessions of a Diplomatic Pouch Clerk (page 192)

     Audball's latest pickup didn't seem to care where they were, or anything at all about alimony, palimony, or child support […]

6. (sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
7. (video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
   • 1991, James Leach, Turrican II (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 69

     Every step of the way you come across absolutely loads of aliens, pick-ups and new and weird obstacles to overcome.

   • 2002, Acclaim Entertainment, Turok Evolution: The official strategy guide (page 73)

     Enter the graveyard if you want pick-ups, otherwise make a left under the archways to progress. When the pathway ends, you'll see two blocked-off tunnels and a switch between them.

8. (US, Canada) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate. See also gain

   The returns from the election show Apple Party candidate Jane Doe has made a pickup in the district of City West defeating Orange Party Incumbent Joe Smith

9. The act of answering a telephone.
   • 2006, Georgina Spelvin, The Devil Made Me Do It, Little Red Hen Books (2008), ?ISBN, page 224:

     That's why the phone at the theater's on automatic pickup.

10. (film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
11. The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
12. (uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up.

Descendants

Translations

Portuguese

Noun

pickup f (plural pickups)

1. Alternative form of picape

Spanish

Noun

pickup m or f (plural pickups)

1. pickup (vehicle)