Definition

1. Verb:
   • To gain ground: To gradually become more successful, powerful, or accepted in a competition or conflict.
   • To have the advantage / to be in a stronger position: To be in a superior or more favorable situation compared to an opponent or rival.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đội chủ nhà đang dần thắng thế trong hiệp hai. (The home team is gradually gaining ground in the second half.)
  • Trong cuộc tranh luận, quan điểm của anh ấy đã thắng thế. (In the debate, his viewpoint gained the advantage.)
  • Lực lượng hòa bình đang thắng thế trên chiến trường. (The peacekeeping forces are having the upper hand on the battlefield.)

Advanced Usage

• "thắng thế hoàn toàn": to gain complete dominance, to have a decisive advantage.
  • Sau đòn phản công, võ sĩ đó đã thắng thế hoàn toàn. (After the counterattack, that fighter gained complete dominance.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chiếm thế thượng phong (idiomatic phrase): to gain/get the upper hand. This is a close synonym often used in similar contexts.
  • Chúng tôi phải hành động để chiếm thế thượng phong. (We must act to gain the upper hand.)

Synonyms

• To prevail: To prove more powerful or superior.
• To dominate: To have a commanding influence over.
• To get the upper hand: To gain a position of control or advantage.

Related Idioms

• Lấy thế áp đảo: to use an overwhelming position to dominate.
  • Đội bóng đó lấy thế áp đảo ngay từ đầu trận. (That team used an overwhelming position to dominate from the start of the match.)

verb

1. to gain ground, to have an advantage