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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a successful ending of a struggle or contest;
- Example: "a narrow victory"
- Example: "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"
- Example: "clinched a victory"
- Example: "convincing victory"
- Example: "the agreement was a triumph for common sense"
[syn: victory, triumph]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Victory \Vic"to*ry\, n.; pl. Victories. [OE. victorie, OF.
   victorie, victoire, F. victoire, L. victoria. See Victor.]
   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.
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         Death is swallowed up in victory.        --1 Cor. xv.
                                                  54.
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         God on our side, doubt not of victory.   --Shak.
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         Victory may be honorable to the arms, but shameful to
         the counsels, of a nation.               --Bolingbroke.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

victory
    n 1: 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" [syn: victory,
         triumph] [ant: defeat, licking]