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VICTORY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A successful ending of a struggle or contest
Example:
the agreement was a triumph for common sense
Synonyms:
triumph; victory
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("victory" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; finish (event whose occurrence ends something)
success (an event that accomplishes its intended purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "victory"):
win (a victory (as in a race or other competition))
fall; pin (when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat)
independence (the successful ending of the American Revolution)
landslide (an overwhelming electoral victory)
last laugh (ultimate success achieved after a near failure (inspired by the saying 'he laughs best who laughs last'))
Pyrrhic victory (a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses)
slam; sweep (winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge)
checkmate (complete victory)
blowout; laugher; romp; runaway; shoo-in; walkaway (an easy victory)
service break (a tennis game won on the opponent's service)
walk-in; waltz (an assured victory (especially in an election))
Antonym:
defeat (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest)
Derivation:
victorious (experiencing triumph)
victorious (having won)
Context examples:
“We have been allies too long to quarrel now at the very hour of victory,” he said.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A roar of applause from the English soldiers, with an ominous silence from the vast crowd who pressed round the barriers, announced that the balance of victory lay with the holders.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mrs. Bennet, who fancied she had gained a complete victory over him, continued her triumph.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Came Saturday and its hollow victory at three o'clock.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It was the hardest battle I had fought, and the first victory I had gained: I stood awhile on the rug, where Mr. Brocklehurst had stood, and I enjoyed my conqueror's solitude.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
If you are writing a book or studying big data, for example, this is precisely where you would want Saturn to be to help you score a big victory.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Her victory was announced by an unusual tranquillity and gladness of soul which followed the relinquishing of my ancient and latterly tormenting studies.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Meg always insisted upon it that the kiss won the victory, for after it was given, Demi sobbed more quietly, and lay quite still at the bottom of the bed, whither he had wriggled in his anguish of mind.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
With Mr. Allen to support her, she felt no dread of the event: but she would gladly be spared a contest, where victory itself was painful, and was heartily rejoiced therefore at neither seeing nor hearing anything of them.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Jim knew that his chance of a speedy victory was slipping away from him, and he came back again and again as swift as a flash to the attack without being able to get past the passive defence of the trained fighting-man.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
