Victory ˈvɪktəri Won Win Team Noun Bre Team’s

• the team’s 3–2 victory against poland
• to win a victory
• a decisive/narrow victory
• an election victory

victory

1. success in a game, an election, a war, etc.
• see also moral victory
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/moral-victory
• the team’s 3–2 victory against Poland
• to win a victory
• a decisive/narrow victory
• an election victory
• She is confident of victory in Saturday's final.
• victory celebrations/parades
2. to win something easily
• See related entries: Conflict
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/conflict/victory
• He swept to victory in the final of the championship.

Extra Examples

• A goal in the final seconds of the game sealed their victory.
• Any mistake by the Democrats could deliver a Republican victory.
• Bush barely eked out a victory in 2000.
• He saw it as a small victory over the increasingly repressive policies.
• He surprised the nation with an upset victory over the incumbent leader.
• His party won a landslide victory in the elections.
• Labour swept to victory in the 2001 election.
• Of their nine consecutive victories, five have been at home.
• She made a victory sign with her two fingers.
• The Dutch champions were denied victory in a tough 2–2 draw at Porto.
• The England cricket team has tasted victory for the first time this season.
• The Hungarians pulled off a surprise victory against the Italian champions.
• The army won the decisive victory that changed the course of the war.
• The case was hailed as a victory for the common man.
• The outcome left both sides claiming victory.
• The winners took a victory lap after the race.
• They would do anything to ensure victory for themselves.
• They would do whatever lay in their power to ensure victory for themselves.
• This series of bloodless victories won him widespread domestic support.
• Union leaders hailed the socialists’ victory as a huge step forward.
• a 98 000-vote victory margin
• a victory against Fascism
• their resounding victory over England
• Chelmsford finished 10 runs short of victory.
• He earned something of a hollow victory when his opponent was forced to withdraw with a serious injury.
• In spite of the result, we felt we had won a moral victory.
• It represented a significant political victory for Williamson.
• Neither side has yet claimed outright victory.
• Political commentators believed that it was a Pyrrhic victory which had left him considerably weakened.
• She’s confident of victory in Saturday’s final.
• The team are celebrating a 3–2 victory over Poland.
• The team is aiming for a hat-trick of victories in Germany this weekend.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French victorie, from Latin victoria.