victory meaning

[ˈvɪkt(ə)ɹi]

WVictory

Victory (from Latin victoria) is a term, originally applied to warfare, given to success achieved in personal combat, after military operations in general or, by extension, in any competition.
In terms of human emotion, victory is accompanied with strong feelings of elation, and in human behaviour is often accompanied with movements and poses paralleling threat display preceding the combat,
In mythology, victory is often deified, as in Greek Nike or Roman Victoria.
Latinate victory from the 14th century replaces Old English sige (Gothic sigis, Old High German sigu), a frequent element in Germanic names (as in Sigibert, Sigurd etc.), cognate to Celtic sego- and Sanskrit sahas.

Definition of victory in English Dictionary

NounPLvictoriesSUF-ory
1. An instance of having won a competition or battle.
  1. England will not be catapulted among the favourites for Euro 2012 as a result of this win, but no victory against Spain is earned easily and it is right they take great heart from their efforts as they now prepare to play Sweden at Wembley on Tuesday.
VerbSGvictoriesPRvictoryingPT, PPvictoried
1. (rare) To achieve a victory.
More Examples
1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - 1954, JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Vol 3[1], Houghton Mifflin Co., page 164 : But the victory did little to enhearten the captains.
  - The victory more or less justified the American strategy to find places where the men’s soccer teams will not feel like foreigners, outnumbered and outyelled by fanaticos from Latin America.
  - ... to tread upon enemies, and make our way over them, notes the compleatest victory and highest triumph ...
2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
  - Rosol spurned the chance to finish off a shallow second serve by spooning into the net, and a wild forehand took the set to 5-4, with the native of Prerov required to hold his serve for victory.