victory

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A success in a battle, contest, or struggle.

   The team celebrated their victory over their rivals.

Common collocations

• pyrrhic victory Adjective + noun
• victory celebration Noun + noun
• convincing victory Adjective + noun

The noun is derived from Middle English victory, victori, victorie (“supremacy, victory; a defeat or vanquishing, conquest; superior military force; might, power, strength; triumphal celebration or procession; monument commemorating a defeat; superior position, dominance; mastery; moral victory, vindication; success, triumph; redemption, salvation; resurrection of Jesus; means of achieving spiritual victory; reward for or token of perseverance in a spiritual struggle”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman victorie and Old French victorie, a variant of victoire (“victory, win”) (modern…

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