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won

wən
WordNet
The team of the Amsterdam-based Nereus after they have won the university rowing games (Varsity) on the Spaarne in Haarlem.
The team of the Amsterdam-based Nereus after they have won the university rowing games (Varsity) on the Spaarne in Haarlem.
  1. (adj) won
    not subject to defeat "with that move it's a won game"
  2. (n) won
    the basic unit of money in North Korea
  3. (n) won
    the basic unit of money in South Korea
Illustrations
Sports match of the WA in Amsterdam, perhaps the Olympiaplein. Presentation of the won cup to one of the participants of the winning teams, the boxing and football team of Amsterdam, by the WA Heerban leader Feenstra and acting WA commander Van 't Hof. In the background the houses on Olympiaplein?
Sports match of the WA in Amsterdam, perhaps the Olympiaplein. Presentation of the won cup to one of the participants of the winning teams, the boxing and football team of Amsterdam, by the WA Heerban leader Feenstra and acting WA commander Van 't Hof. In the background the houses on Olympiaplein?
Battle of Malaga where a combined Anglo-Dutch fleet under Rooke and Callenburgh won the victory over the French, August 24, 1704. Printed on the sheet below the plate a description and legend in 4 columns.
Battle of Malaga where a combined Anglo-Dutch fleet under Rooke and Callenburgh won the victory over the French, August 24, 1704. Printed on the sheet below the plate a description and legend in 4 columns.
Bonn won by Schenck for Truchsess, 23 December 1587. Episode from the Cologne War. With caption of 16 lines in German. Unnumbered.
Bonn won by Schenck for Truchsess, 23 December 1587. Episode from the Cologne War. With caption of 16 lines in German. Unnumbered.
Another depiction of a hall with more of the prizes to be won in the lottery founded by Henricus van Soest, on the Beurs in Antwerp in 1695. In the foreground visitors, among the prizes some cribs, furniture and tapestries. Below the presentation a description in four lines of some of the prizes (see also FMH 2941).
Another depiction of a hall with more of the prizes to be won in the lottery founded by Henricus van Soest, on the Beurs in Antwerp in 1695. In the foreground visitors, among the prizes some cribs, furniture and tapestries. Below the presentation a description in four lines of some of the prizes (see also FMH 2941).
Bonn won by Schenck for Truchsess, 23 December 1587. Episode from the Cologne War. With caption of 4 lines in Latin. Numbered 194. Printed on the back with text in Latin.
Bonn won by Schenck for Truchsess, 23 December 1587. Episode from the Cologne War. With caption of 4 lines in Latin. Numbered 194. Printed on the back with text in Latin.
Presentation of an interior with the prizes to be won in the lottery founded by Henricus van Soest, at the Antwerp Stock Exchange in 1695. Among the prizes, many paintings and furniture. In the foreground Fortuna sitting on the globe sprinkling money. Below the presentation a description in four lines of a large number of prizes. See also FMH 2941A.
Presentation of an interior with the prizes to be won in the lottery founded by Henricus van Soest, at the Antwerp Stock Exchange in 1695. Among the prizes, many paintings and furniture. In the foreground Fortuna sitting on the globe sprinkling money. Below the presentation a description in four lines of a large number of prizes. See also FMH 2941A.
Battle of Malaga in which a combined Anglo-State fleet under Rooke and Callenburgh won the victory over the French under the Count of Toulouse, 24 August 1704. At the top the title and the four flags of the warring factions.
Battle of Malaga in which a combined Anglo-State fleet under Rooke and Callenburgh won the victory over the French under the Count of Toulouse, 24 August 1704. At the top the title and the four flags of the warring factions.
Map of the city of Bonn, won for Truchsess by Maarten Schenck, 23 December 1587. Episode from the Cologne War. Top left a cartouche with 18 lines in German, top right the legend 1-9 in German.
Map of the city of Bonn, won for Truchsess by Maarten Schenck, 23 December 1587. Episode from the Cologne War. Top left a cartouche with 18 lines in German, top right the legend 1-9 in German.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
Aristedes won the first Kentucky Derby in 1875.
  1. Won
    Dwelling; wone.
  2. Won
    To dwell or abide. "Where he wans in forest wild.", "This land where I have woned thus long."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
  1. won
    To dwell; abide.
  2. won
    To be accustomed. See wont.
  3. (n) won
    A dwelling; habitation.
  4. (n) won
    A place of resort.
  5. (n) won
    Custom; habit.
  6. (n) won
    Manner; way.
  7. (n) won
    Preterit and past participle of win.
  8. won
    An old spelling of wan.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
Muhammad Ali won his heavyweight championships on three continents: North America, Asia and Africa.
  1. (v.i) Won
    wun to dwell: to abide: to be accustomed
  2. (n) Won
    a dwelling: an abode
  3. (pa.t., pa.p) Won
    wun of win.
Quotations
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
Alfred North Whitehead
Casey Stengel
Most games are lost, not won.
Casey Stengel
John Lord O'Brian
No battle of any importance can be won without enthusiasm.
John Lord O'Brian
Never explain yourself. Your friend don't need it and your enemies won't believe it.
Source Unknown
Arthur Schopenhauer
Fame is something that must be won. Honor is something that must not be lost.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer
Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Idioms

Faint heart never won fair lady - This means that you will not get the partner of your dreams if you lack the confidence to let them know how you feel.

If Mohammed won't come to the mountain, the mountain must come to Mohammed - If something cannot or will not happen the easy way, then sometimes it must be done the hard way.

That dog won't hunt - (USA) Very common Southern US expression meaning: What you say makes no sense.

Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary See 1st Wone

Usage in the news

The subtitles won't help you but they won't need to. 973kissfm.com

Penn State will honor the 2012 team by putting its season alongside those teams that have gone undefeated, won the national championship or won a Big Ten championship. azcentral.com

' Amazing Race' Finale Recap: You Won't Believe Who Won. mercurynews.com

Because autonomously operated cars in theory won't have accidents, they won't have to carry heavy safety features like airbags and 5-mph bumpers. motortrend.com

BLOOMINGTON — Through nine games this season, Indiana is not only undefeated, it hasn't won a game by fewer than 10 points and it has won all but two by 20 or more. tmnews.com

The kids won't remember Christmas presents from the year they got their fifty-third action figure, but if you want a memorable toy that a kid won't ever forget — it's on this list. esquire.com

Wenger won 8-0, and Prairie won 35-22. kcrg.com

'Amazing Race' Finale Recap: You Won't Believe Who Won. mercurynews.com

Men pulled from Monocacy River won't be billed for cost of rescue Sheriff's office also won't charge the two for their actions Originally published November 28, 2012. fredericknewspost.com

NO 500 FOR BLUDER Lisa Bluder won her 500th career game as a college coach Sunday, when Iowa's women's basketball team won 73-65 at Penn State. 3.thehawkeye.com

" Burt 's won more of these poles than I have, so it was no surprise to me," said Hirschman, who has won four of the last six North-South Shootouts. nationalspeedsportnews.com

He won ten years after he won the inaugural race. saw.com

But for the Brooke High School Cheerleaders, it's a good number because on Saturday the squad won its 13th state championship, making Brooke the school to have won the most state titles for cheering in West Virginia. eirtondailytimes.com

There was the night in October when the Cards won the series back in 2006, that I won't ever remember again. 103gbfrocks.com

Smith won by decision, House won by pin and Plummer lost. neoshodailynews.com

Usage in scientific papers

So he arrived and he was indeed happy to collaborate on the problem, but with the restriction that he would not be responsible for any statements and won't assume any interpretations of physical nature".
Genesis of general relativity - Discovery of general relativity

It outputs a distribution D⋆ ∈ Dǫ that was never a loser (i.e., won or achieved a draw in all its competitions).
Inverse problems in approximate uniform generation

It outputs a distribution D⋆ ∈ Dǫ that was never a loser (i.e., won or achieved a draw in all its competitions).
Inverse problems in approximate uniform generation

Let X be the data matrix whose (i, j )th entry is 1 if team i won over team j , 0 if team j won over team i and recorded as missing if team i did not play versus team j .
Matrix estimation by Universal Singular Value Thresholding

Assume that xs+1 has the same adjacencies to the previously selected vertices as ys+1 for otherwise Spoiler has already won having made s ≤ k − l − 1 moves. (Note that we do not count y1 as a move, here or later in the proof.) Suppose that xs+1 6∈ V (Gs ), for otherwise Properties 2 and 3 hold and we are done.
Definitions with no quantifier alternation

Usage in literature

You staked me, and it's well won. "The Trail of '98" by Robert W. Service

She won't like my methods, but she won't be able to prove that they are mine. "Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore" by Pauline Lester

But I do hope he won't get to like any of those girls. "A Modern Tomboy" by L. T. Meade

I won't wait for Carmody. "The Straw" by Eugene O'Neill

She won't hear of your being moved to-morrow, nor yet won't the judge. "Orley Farm" by Anthony Trollope

She, who has won it, loves him. "The Death Shot" by Mayne Reid

Our enemies won't let us have it. "Old Ebenezer" by Opie Read

But he won't fit the folks here, or they won't fit him. "Janet's Love and Service" by Margaret M Robertson

If you won't let me go to Sternberg's, where they have things I like, I won't get anything at all, so there! "The Governess" by Julie M. Lippmann

I don't care whether you do or not, but I won't be jawed. "Lalage's Lovers" by George A. Birmingham

Usage in poetry
Jump–jump–jump–
Jump all night;
Won't our mothers
Be in a fright?
But thou art called hence
Before the battle's won;
Still with thine armour on,
All blazing in the sun.
It were my soul's desire
When heaven's gate is won
To find my soul's desire
Clear shining like the sun.
My mother's eyes were kind,
But oh! kind eyes and smile
That won me to this lone isle,
She is left behind.
You are the one and only:
in you, all things are one.
What’s mine is yours forever –
by you all foes are won.
"Orright," sizzi, "don't loosyerblock,
You'll meeter byunbye.
But she won'trubble you bekos
I've marrider," sizzi.