HOW TO PRONOUNCE
won
/wɑn/
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What does won mean?
verb
- simple past and past participle of win
noun
- The currency of Korea, worth 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.
More meanings (2)
verb
- (archaic, obsolete) To live, remain.
- (archaic, obsolete) To be accustomed to do something.
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IPA pronunciation
/wɑn/
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See this word in context.
In the matter of nourishment he was quite independent of his mother, though this independence had not been won without a struggle.
Others swarmed in to fill the breach, but inch by inch, foot by foot we won nearer and nearer to our goal.
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I am convinced that at an earlier time in her life she would, have been won over by the fascination of Rome.
This won Seymour the easy laugh, and Lapham silently wondered that the fellow never got off any of those things to him.
In Florence Roderick seemed to have won back his old innocence and his preference for the pleasures of study over any others.