Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To dwell; abide.
- To be accustomed. See wont.
- n. A dwelling; habitation.
- n. A place of resort.
- n. Custom; habit.
- n. Manner; way.
- n. Preterit and past participle of win.
- An old spelling of wan.
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of win.
- v. archaic or obsolete, regional live, remain.
- v. archaic or obsolete, regional be accustomed to do something.
- n. The currency of Korea, making 100 jun in North Korea and 100 jeon in South Korea.
GNU Webster's 1913
WordNet 3.0
- n. the basic unit of money in North Korea
- adj. not subject to defeat
- n. the basic unit of money in South Korea
Etymologies
- Korean 원 (won) (圓). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English wonen, from Old English wunian; see wen-1 in Indo-European roots.Korean. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“At this time, John Docherty , senior vice president of manufacturing operations, will be taking over many of Mr. Rivet's duties, though his title won't change.”
“The title won a publishing award on Tuesday night, capping off a year in which ad pages were down just 6 percent.”
“Her popularity never came from her track record as governor, so failure to finish the term won't matter that much to her supporters.”
“I think the GOP is happy Bush is finally going on vacation and even happier that his term won't last a whole lot longer.”
“In the concrete entrails of the Tokyo Dome, packs of paparazzi waited hours to pounce for a single snapshot or explanation of a swing from a star of Team Japan, champions of baseball's first attempt at a global tournament, back to defend the title won three years ago.”
“He defends his title won in Greece, just as Natalie Coughlin did.”
“Fiona Apple apparently has an album that is finished and has been ready for release for about 5 years, but her label won't release it because they don't like the sound, but she has some longer term contract for like 4 or 5 more records, so she can't do anything for anyone else Even just a solo effort by herself because of this contract that she has.”
“At some point, hopefully, the label won't be relevant, and it'll get back to sort of a decent state.”
“Others say, according the to the city charter, his term won't expire until 2009.”
“The title won't make any difference in your authority here, and if you do lay claim to the throne of Gram, nobody can say you're a foreign king trying to annex the planet.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘won’.
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currency
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lek, shilling, farthing, penny, dollar, cent, pound, peso, euro, won, yen, yuan and 106 more...
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EN - 3-letter words of the pattern CVC
With the exception of abbreviations and mosaic words all types of words (proper names, past tense of verbs, etc.) are allowed.
for, was, not, his, but, has, had, can, her, him, new, now and 339 more...
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Money
This started out as a Scrabble list, so I'm personally limiting myself to listing words which are acceptable in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, but go ahead and list whatever you can find...
lek, shekel, sheqalim, qindar, qindars, qindarka, qintar, qintars, dollar, dollars, penny, pennies and 143 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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3 Letter Words
A list of English words that are three letters long.
ace, act, ade, ado, add, ads, age, ago, ail, air, aim, all and 397 more...
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WORDNIK - words found in "Wordnik"
kino, inro, indow, in, ikon, id, drown, drink, down, ink, dork, dor and 54 more...
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strangelyrouge's Words
glockenspiel, gewgaw, jetsam, flotsam, gripe, grab, wench, whilst, betwixt, hither, thither, yonder and 1034 more...
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3LW
3 letter words, not the girl band.
boggle and speed scrabble would not be half as fun without them.aah, boa, dot, fun, ick, log, oca, pyx, sos, was, aal, bob and 342 more...
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DYSLEXIC'S DREAD
Words That Make Sense in Reverse Too! Bad news for a dyslexic, 'cause s/he's got no clue if s/he read the word correctly or not, as opposed to a palindrome (i.e., no mistake possible, cf. "Dyslexic...
tool, lever, nap, pool, leer, leek, desserts, strop, doom, ukiah, yaws, ward and 213 more...
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Filthy Stinking Rich
Monetary units and other words that mean money. Other financial words are allowed too, as long as they're principally about money. Get it, principally? I kill me.
money, cash, dough, loot, wad, stack, booty, capital, nest egg, treasure, banknote, net and 168 more...
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Nakoo's list of beautiful words.
Just about any word I like at the time.
razbliuto, anaxiphilia, lipothymous, inamorata, acushla, abulia, serendipity, alexithymia, quixotic, idiosyncratic, ad nauseam, equanimity and 305 more...
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Abbreviate
Is there a name for this type of word?
expediency, obediency, eminency, enemy, arrestee, escapee, ogee, beady, essay, effigy, elegy, tennessee and 59 more...
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Korean Words
The Hangul I've learned, am learning, or will learn.
chigae, kimchi, anyong haseyo, meong meong, kimbap, oksusu, kamsa hamnida, komapsumnida, anio, ne, yok, baego and 13 more...
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OM1 Lesson 12
counter, fish, tuna, roast beef, bread, white, rye, wheat, pumpernickel, for here, to go, miss and 21 more...
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Backwords
Words that can be read backwards or forwards.
edam, sloops, won, knob, smug, snot, evil, pus, eel, eel, stinker, yob and 1 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for won.
oroboros Now in reverse. Jul 22, 2007
abraxaszugzwang S. Korean currency. Mar 1, 2007