won

¹

[ wuhn ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of win ¹.

won

²

[ wuhn, woon, wohn ]

verb (used without object)

, Archaic.

, wonned, won·ning.

1. to dwell; abide; stay.

won

³

[ won ]

noun

, plural won.

1. a paper money and monetary unit of North and South Korea, equal to 100 chon.

won

¹

/ wʌn /

verb

1. the past tense of win 1

won

²

/ wʊn; wəʊn; wʌn /

verb

1. archaic.
   intr to live or dwell

won

³

/ wɒn /

noun

1. the standard monetary unit of North Korea, divided into 100 chon
2. the standard monetary unit of South Korea, divided into 100 chon

Word History and Origins

Origin of won¹

before 900; Middle English wonen, Old English wunian; cognate with German wohnen; wont

Origin of won²

First recorded in 1915–20; from Korean wǒn, Korean pronunciation of the Japanese character pronounced as en, yen “coin, round coin, yen,” from Middle Chinese wian “round, circular,” equivalent to Chinese yuán yuan

Word History and Origins

Origin of won¹

Old English wunian to become accustomed to; related to win ¹

Origin of won²

Korean wån

Example Sentences

Trump’s party has also won both chambers of Congress, giving the returning president considerable power to enact his agenda.

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With 76.9 million votes and counting, Trump won what is known as the popular vote, according to the latest tally by the BBC’s US partner, CBS News.

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But Trump cannot say that he won the outright majority of the presidential votes that were cast in the election overall.

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To do so, he would need to have won more than 50%, as all victors have done for the last 20 years - other than Trump in 2016.

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He won 312 votes in the US electoral college compared with Harris’s 226.

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