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victory
[ vik-tuh-ree, vik-tree ]
noun
- a success or triumph over an enemy in battle or war.
Antonyms: defeat
- an engagement ending in such triumph:
American victories in the Pacific were won at great cost.
Antonyms: defeat
- the ultimate and decisive superiority in any battle or contest:
The new vaccine effected a victory over poliomyelitis.
Antonyms: defeat
- a success or superior position achieved against any opponent, opposition, difficulty, etc.:
a moral victory.
- (initial capital letter) the ancient Roman goddess Victoria, often represented in statues or on coins as the personification of victory.
victory
1/ ˈvɪktərɪ /
noun
- final and complete superiority in a war
- a successful military engagement
- a success attained in a contest or struggle or over an opponent, obstacle, or problem
- the act of triumphing or state of having triumphed
Victory
2/ ˈvɪktərɪ /
noun
- another name (in English) for Victoria 3
- another name (in English) for Nike
Other Words From
- victo·ry·less adjective
- non·victo·ry noun plural nonvictories
- super·victo·ry noun plural supervictories
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of victory1
Idioms and Phrases
see pyrrhic victory .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The fight is rugged, and Smalls, a former rapper and father of three, leads a core of activists from a wide range of social, racial and economic backgrounds down an exhausting, obstacle-strewn path to victory.
What we learned from a victory that improved the Rams’ record to 6-6:
Declaring something that wasn't quite victory in an admirably honest post-election press conference, he said, "I think the people of Ireland have now spoken. We now have to work out exactly what they have said."
This is only one man's explanation, but it is still very insightful and illustrative of the broader trends that led to Trump's victory and Harris' defeat.
Griffiths' victories at the 1980 Masters and 1982 UK Championship mean he is one of only 11 players to have completed snooker's Triple Crown.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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