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Victory

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈvɪktəri/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈvɪktəri, ˈvɪktri/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(vik′tə rē, vik′trē)

Inflections of 'victory' (n): npl: victories

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Victory /ˈvɪktərɪ/ n
  1. another name (in English) for Victoria3
  2. another name (in English) for Nike
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
vic•to•ry /ˈvɪktəri, ˈvɪktri/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -ries. 
  1. a success or triumph over an enemy in battle or war: [uncountable]a day of victory.[countable]a string of victories.
  2. a success or superior position achieved against any opponent, competitor, opposition, difficulty, etc.: [countable]gained a moral victory.[uncountable]celebrating victory.
vic•to•ri•ous /vɪkˈtɔriəs/USA pronunciation  adj. See -vict-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
vic•to•ry  (vik′tə rē, vik′trē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries. 
  1. a success or triumph over an enemy in battle or war.
  2. an engagement ending in such triumph:American victories in the Pacific were won at great cost.
  3. the ultimate and decisive superiority in any battle or contest:The new vaccine effected a victory over poliomyelitis.
  4. a success or superior position achieved against any opponent, opposition, difficulty, etc.:a moral victory.
  5. Mythology(cap.) the ancient Roman goddess Victoria, often represented in statues or on coins as the personification of victory.
  • Latin victōria, equivalent. to victōr-, stem of victor victor + -ia -y3
  • Middle English victorie 1275–1325
vic′to•ry•less, adj. 
    3. 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.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 triumph of justice.
    1. –3. defeat.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
victory /ˈvɪktərɪ/ n ( pl -ries)
  1. final and complete superiority in a war
  2. a successful military engagement
  3. a success attained in a contest or struggle or over an opponent, obstacle, or problem
  4. the act of triumphing or state of having triumphed
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French victorie, from Latin victōria, from vincere to subdue
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