Past tense of win
irregular verb
The past tense of win is won. The past participle is also won.
Forms of win
| Base form (V1) | win /ˈwɪn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | won /wʌn/ |
| Past participle (V3) | won /wʌn/ |
| Present participle | winning /ˈwɪnɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | wins /wɪnz/ |
Won in a sentence
- Parson Brooke was transferred in a couple of years to the Southwark mint, on dissolution of which he won back to the Tower, there to experiment with machinery in Mary's reign.1953, John Craig, The Mint: A History of the London Mint from A.D. 287 to 1948
- I was the first runner to reach the finish line, and won the race.From the entry first
- They are yet to win a single match. — They have not yet won a single match.From the entry yet
- If I won the lottery, I would give half the money to charity.From the entry would
- His prediction that we didn't stand a chance hasn't aged well, now that we've won the cup.From the entry age
Meaning of win
- verb To conquer, defeat.
- verb To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
- verb To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
Questions about the past tense of win
- What is the past tense of win?
- The past tense of win is won.
- What is the past participle of win?
- The past participle of win is won.
- Is win a regular or irregular verb?
- Win is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: win (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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