VICTORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does victory mean? 

• VICTORY (noun)
  The noun VICTORY has 1 sense:

1. a successful ending of a struggle or contest

  Familiarity information: VICTORY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VICTORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A successful ending of a struggle or contest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

triumph; victory

Context example:

the agreement was a triumph for common sense

Hypernyms ("victory" is a kind of...):

conclusion; ending; finish (event whose occurrence ends something)

success (an event that accomplishes its intended purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "victory"):

win (a victory (as in a race or other competition))

fall; pin (when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat)

independence (the successful ending of the American Revolution)

landslide (an overwhelming electoral victory)

last laugh (ultimate success achieved after a near failure (inspired by the saying 'he laughs best who laughs last'))

Pyrrhic victory (a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses)

slam; sweep (winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge)

checkmate (complete victory)

blowout; laugher; romp; runaway; shoo-in; walkaway (an easy victory)

service break (a tennis game won on the opponent's service)

walk-in; waltz (an assured victory (especially in an election))

Antonym:

defeat (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest)

Derivation:

victorious (experiencing triumph)

victorious (having won)

 Context examples 

When the king returned to his palace, his daughter went to meet him, and wished him joy of his victory.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The research reveals that the ability of a young organism to defend against repeated environmental stress may be an empty victory, because the animal may not live as long.

(Defending against environmental stressors may shorten lifespan, National Institutes of Health)

His victory over Death Larsen seemed to have had a remarkable effect upon him.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He considered the victory already his and stepped forward to the meat.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

It was a great victory, for they alone were allowed to put hands on him.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I cannot say that I was yet quite happy, in the hope that I was gaining a victory over myself; even in the prospect of so soon looking on her face again.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

And yet, in this breath of time, the fight was over and the victory was ours.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

For us the victory brought much advantage.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Such a victory over Edmund's discretion had been beyond their hopes, and was most delightful.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Within the gates Lestrade met us, his face flushed with victory, his manner grossly triumphant.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)