Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

win someone's heart

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables: win -some-one's -heart
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To gain the love or affection of someone.

Example Sentences

"Safie related that her mother was a Christian Arab, seized and made a slave by the Turks; recommended by her beauty, she had won the heart of the father of Safie, who married her."
"Nay, he hath won my heart, and with it goes my hand, and throne, and all I have—[…]"
"She could keep cool and collected while she collected your check, give you the correct change, win your heart, indicate the toothpick stand, and rate you to a quarter of a cent better than Bradstreet could to a thousand in less time than it takes to pepper an egg with one of Hinkle’s casters."

Inflected Forms

wins someone's heart (present, singular) winning someone's heart (participle, present) won someone's heart (participle, past) won someone's heart (past) win the heart of someone (alternative)

Phrases

hearts and minds steal someone's heart bless someone's heart break someone's heart

Frequently Paired Words

hearts and minds steal someone's heart bless someone's heart break someone's heart

Questions

What does win someone's heart mean?: To gain the love or affection of someone.

How to pronounce win someone's heart

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “win someone's heart”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “win someone's heart”.
Repeat and practice — Say “win someone's heart” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.