WON (wonned, wonning)

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Irregular inflected forms: wonned    , wonning   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does won mean? 

• WON (noun)
  The noun WON has 2 senses:

1. the basic unit of money in South Korea

2. the basic unit of money in North Korea

  Familiarity information: WON used as a noun is rare.

• WON (adjective)
  The adjective WON has 1 sense:

1. not subject to defeat

  Familiarity information: WON used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in South Korea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

South Korean won; won

Hypernyms ("won" is a kind of...):

South Korean monetary unit (monetary unit in South Korea)

Meronyms (parts of "won"):

chon (100 chon equal 1 won in South Korea)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in North Korea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

North Korean won; won

Hypernyms ("won" is a kind of...):

North Korean monetary unit (monetary unit in North Korea)

Meronyms (parts of "won"):

chon (100 chon equal 1 won in North Korea)

• WON (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not subject to defeat

Context example:

with that move it's a won game

Antonym:

lost (not gained or won)

 Context examples 

You won’t stop for dinner?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And you won’t tell me what you want it for?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“You’ll come with me, won’t you?”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I am afraid I won't have time," he said finally.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You won’t miss Mars there, and you won’t see another period like the current drain on your financials again until December 2021, two years from now.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“This won’t taste bitter,” said he, “but I will just finish the jacket before I take a bite.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

I won't call 'm to come an' don't you call 'm to come back.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

His manner to me, alone, would have won her.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Won't you let this be at my camp-fire to-morrow night?

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

They won't understand the joke, and it will worry Mother.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)