victory
The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.
Noun 1 meaning
The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.
“It was a great victory on the battlefield.”
Interjection 1 meaning
Used to encourage someone to achieve success, or to celebrate a success or triumph.
Etymology
The noun is derived from Middle English victory, victori, victorie (“supremacy, victory; a defeat or vanquishing, conquest; superior military force; might, power, strength; triumphal celebration or procession; monument commemorating a defeat; superior position, dominance; mastery; moral victory, vindication; success, triumph; redemption, salvation; resurrection of Jesus; means of achieving spiritual victory; reward for or token of perseverance in a spiritual struggle”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman victorie and Old French victorie, a variant of victoire (“victory, win”) (modern French victoire), from Latin victōria (“victory”), from victor (“champion, winner, victor; conqueror, vanquisher”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to contain, envelop; to overcome”)) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).
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VICTORY at a glance
VICTORY has 7 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (V 4 + I 1 + C 3 + T 1 + O 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,878 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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