victory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a successful ending of a struggle or contest
    triumph.
    • a narrow victory
    • the general always gets credit for his army's victory
    • clinched a victory
    • convincing victory
    • the agreement was a triumph for common sense

WordNet

Vic"to*ry noun
Etymology
OE. victorie, OF. victorie, victoire, F. victoire, L. victoria. See Victor.
Wordforms
plural Victories
Definitions
  1. The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat.
    Death is swallowed up in victory. 1 Cor. xv. 54.
    God on our side, doubt not of victory. Shak.
    Victory may be honorable to the arms, but shameful to the counsels, of a nation. Bolingbroke.

Webster 1913