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an occasion when you win a game, competition, election, war, etc. or the fact that you have won: The Redskins opened the season by scoring a resounding / stunning / impressive 25–3 victory against/over Detroit. Grant won / achieved / gained a comfortable / easy victory against/over Cooper in yesterday's match.
Victory, conquest, triumph refer to a successful outcome of a struggle. Victory suggests the decisive defeat of an opponent in a contest of any kind: victory in battle; a football victory.
The meaning of VICTORY is the overcoming of an enemy or antagonist. How to use victory in a sentence.
The term victory (from Latin: victoria) originally applied to warfare, and denotes success achieved in personal combat, after military operations in general or, by extension, in any competition. Success in a military campaign constitutes a strategic victory, while the success in a military engagement is a tactical victory.
victory suggests the decisive defeat of an opponent in a contest of any kind: victory in battle; a football victory. conquest implies the taking over of control by the victor, and the obedience of the conquered: a war of conquest; the conquest of Peru. triumph implies a particularly outstanding victory: the triumph of a righteous cause; the ...
a win in a fight or competition: Phoenix managed a 135-114 victory over Denver. Fewer examples. Their hopes of victory ended with a 7-2 thrashing by Germany. His Olympic victory was not just a one-off. The cancellation of the new road project represents a victory for protesters. We savoured our moment of victory.
Definition of victory noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
