VICTORY

victory, triumph

(noun) 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 agreement was a triumph for common sense”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

victory (countable and uncountable, plural victories)

(countable) An instance of having won a competition or battle or succeeded in an effort.

(uncountable) The condition of having succeeded in a conflict or other effort.

(countable) A winged figure representing victory, common in Roman official iconography. See Winged victory.

Synonyms

• triumph

• win

• to win

Antonyms

• defeat

• loss

Verb

victory (third-person singular simple present victories, present participle victorying, simple past and past participle victoried)

(rare) To achieve a victory

Proper noun

Victory (plural Victorys)

(uncountable) The 48th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

A surname.

Synonyms

• (sura): Conquest

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Victory is the 12467^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2490 individuals. Victory is most common among White (79.16%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

Vic"to*ry, n.; pl. Victories. Etym: [OE. victorie, OF. victorie, victoire, F. victoire, L. victoria. See Victor.]

Definition: 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 Ant: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition