Gewinnen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- beat verb To hit repeatedly, or to defeat someone in a contest.
- gain verb To get or come to have something, especially something useful or valuable.
- persuade verb To get someone to agree to or do something by giving reasons or arguments.
- profit noun The financial gain made after subtracting costs from revenue.
- win verb To come out on top in a contest, game, war, or competition.
Senses
Gewinnen is used for these senses in English:
- beat (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
- gain The act of gaining; acquisition.
- gain (transitive) To acquire possession of.
- persuade (transitive, now, rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). [from 16th c.]
- profit (transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).
- profit (intransitive, construed with from) To benefit, gain.
- win (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
beat — full definition
- verb To hit repeatedly, or to defeat someone in a contest.
- verb To mix ingredients rapidly, usually with a whisk or spoon.
- noun A regular rhythmic pulse, especially in music.
- noun A journalist's or police officer's regular area of responsibility or patrol.
- adj Informal: completely exhausted.
gain — full definition
- verb To get or come to have something, especially something useful or valuable.
- verb To increase in weight, speed, value, or some other measurable quantity.
- verb To win or come out ahead in a contest or competition.
- noun An increase, improvement, or something acquired as a benefit.
- noun In electronics, the amount by which a device amplifies a signal.