What does "victory" mean?
The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.
Victory
/ˈvɪk.tə.ɹi/ intj, name, noun, verb, slang
intj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.
- Grammar: victory is listed as intj, name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: triumph, accomplishment, achievement, advancement.
- Useful contrasts: be defeated, beating, besting.
- Usage evidence: We are firmly confident of victory.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this. uncountable
"It was a great victory on the battlefield."
- 2 a successful ending of a struggle or contest wordnet
- 3 Alternative letter-case form of Victory (“(uncountable) the Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike; also (countable), an artistic depiction of her, chiefly as a winged woman”). Roman, alt-of, countable, uncountable
"All along the Champs Elysées were […] statues of plaster representing nymphs, triumphs, victories, and other female personages painted in oil so as to represent marble; real marble could have had no better effect, and the appearance of the whole was lively and picturesque in the extreme."
Verb
- 1 To defeat or triumph over (someone or something). obsolete, rare, transitive
"[W]hen ſin got the upper hand of us, and vvee victoried by them; vve vvere then their ſervants, their ſlave: vvhen vvee overcome and have victoried them; let us make them our ſlaves perpetually; let us bind them in chaines, caſt them in priſon, and for ever utterly deſtroy their evill povver: […]"
Intj
- 1 Used to encourage someone to achieve success, or to celebrate a success or triumph.
"Saint George and Victory; fight Souldiers, fight: […]"
Proper Noun
- 1 The 48th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an. uncountable
- 2 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 3 Synonym of Victoria (“the Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike”); also (countable), an artistic depiction of her, chiefly as a winged woman. Roman, uncountable
"All along the Champs Elysées were […] statues of plaster representing nymphs, triumphs, victories, and other female personages painted in oil so as to represent marble; real marble could have had no better effect, and the appearance of the whole was lively and picturesque in the extreme."
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Cayuga County, New York. countable, uncountable
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Saratoga County, New York. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Camden, Minneapolis, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oklahoma. countable, uncountable
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Essex County, Vermont. countable, uncountable
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wheatland, Vernon County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 10 A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Victory No. 226. countable, uncountable
- 11 A volcano in Papua New Guinea, also known as Mount Victory. countable, uncountable
- 12 Ellipsis of Victory Liner, a bus company. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Example
"We are firmly confident of victory."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "victory"?
Common synonyms include: triumph, accomplishment, achievement, advancement, advantage, advantage.
How do you use "victory" in a sentence?
We are firmly confident of victory.
How do you pronounce "victory"?
Pronounced /ˈvɪk.tə.ɹi/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
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 French victoire), from Latin victōria (“victory”), from victor (“champion, winner, victor; conqueror, vanquisher”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to contain, envelop; to overcome”)) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). The English word is analysable as victor + -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state), and displaced Middle English siȝe, sye. The interjection is derived from the noun. Cognates Cognate with French victoire, Italian vittoria, Portuguese vitoria, Spanish victoria, Romanian victorie. Tamil வெற்றி (veṟṟi) (pronounced roughly like "vetri") is a false cognate.
Etymology 2
From Middle English victorien (“to overcome, vanquish”), from Old French victorier, or from Medieval Latin victōriāre, from Latin victōria (noun); see further at etymology 1. Cognates * Italian vittoriare