After World War II ended in 1945, Korea was divided, resulting in two separate currencies, both called won, for the South and the North. Both the Southern won and the Northern won replaced the yen at …

The meaning of WON is past tense and past participle of win.

Won is the past tense and past participle of win. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

We must have won the battle of ideas, so there's just no point in fighting on anymore.

Definition of won in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Though one and won sound identical, their meanings differ significantly. One functions as a numeral and a pronoun, pointing to singularity and generality, while won is a verb conjugation indicating past …

won past tense of win; basic unit of money in North and South Korea Not to be confused with: one – a single unit, object, or being

won Add to list Other forms: wons; wonned; wonning Definitions of won adjective not subject to defeat “with that move it's a won game”

[Korean won (loan translation of Japanese en, round coin, yen, using the Korean pronunciation of the Chinese character with which the Japanese word is written; see yen), from Early Middle Chinese …

to succeed in reaching (a place, condition, etc.), esp. by great effort: They won the shore through a violent storm. to get by effort, as through labor, competition, or conquest: He won his post after years …