Definition of VICTORY

victory

Plural: victories

Noun

  • An act of defeating an enemy or opponent in a contest.
  • a successful ending of a struggle or contest
    • "a narrow victory"
    • "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"
    • "clinched a victory"
    • "convincing victory"
  • The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.
  • 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”).

Intj

  • Used to encourage someone to achieve success, or to celebrate a success or triumph.

Verb

  • To defeat or triumph over (someone or something).

Examples

  • Every well-placed word brought her closer to a resounding victory in Scrabble.
  • It was a great victory on the battlefield.

Origin / Etymology

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
* French victoire
* Italian vittoria
* Portuguese vitoria
* Spanish victoria
* Romanian victorie

Synonyms

triumph, win

Antonyms

defeat, loss

Scrabble Score: 15

victory: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
victory: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
victory: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

victory: valid Words With Friends Word