Victory
['vɪkt(ə)rɪ] or ['vɪktəri]
Definition
(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'.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
Typist: Perry
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Conquest, triumph.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Conquest, triumph, ovation, success
ANT:Failure, defeat, frustration, disappointment, abortion, miscarriage,nonsuccess
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you win a victory, foretells that you will successfully resist the attacks of enemies, and will have the love of women for the asking.
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Examples
- This victory gained, Rokesmith made haste to profit by it, for he saw how woefully time had been lost. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was then a Union victory, in which the Armies of the Tennessee and the Ohio both participated. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But in many cases victory depends not so much on general vigour, but on having special weapons, confined to the male sex. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Victory, victory! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They get victory sometimes, but they never get good-will, which would be of more use to them. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But this decisive victory was the most effective campaign argument made in the canvass. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Within the gates Lestrade met us, his face flushed with victory, his manner grossly triumphant. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In every victory he displayed humanity to the conquered, and decisively opposed any exhibition of cruelty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At Bolton he was informed of our victory. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The heart's blood must gem with red beads the brow of the combatant, before the wreath of victory rustles over it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If we convince HIM, we place our victory beyond the possibility of dispute. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In 1805 two fatal blows were struck at any hope he may have entertained of ultimate victory, by the British Admirals Calder and Nelson. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Early had invited this attack himself by his bad generalship and made the victory easy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is Lestrade's little cock-a-doodle of victory, Holmes answered, with a bitter smile. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was a victory that at some moments came very near disaster. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Chief among the bicycle manufacturers who took up the making of the motor-paced tandem was Oscar Hedstrom, a racer with many notable victories to his credit. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They recited the verses which they had composed, to celebrate his valour and his victories. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Congress also gave him a vote of thanks for the victories at Chattanooga, and voted him a gold medal for Vicksburg and Chattanooga. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Particulars then followed; and after the announcement of the victories came the list of the wounded and the slain. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- These pictures are all battle scenes, and only one solitary little canvas among them all treats of anything but great French victories. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Yet divided and disabled as she was, she could yet count some notable victories to her credit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Austrian army was created to give Napoleon victories; any Napoleon. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The next year there were many victories. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He could not be relieved from duty in the field where all his battles had been victories: the design would have been too transparent. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- No victories of the Cretans are allowed to be printed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- At Plassey (1757) and at Buxar (1764) their armies gained striking and conclusive victories over the army of Bengal and the army of Oudh. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Army of the Tennessee had won five successive victories over the garrison of Vicksburg in the three preceding weeks. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Donelson and Henry were such victories. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Life covers customs, institutions, beliefs, victories and defeats, recreations and occupations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- They celebrate the anniversaries of Chapultepec and Molino del Rey as of very great victories. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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