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victory

noun
/ˈvɪk.tə.ɹi/US

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). The English word is analysable as victor + -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state), and displaced Middle English siȝe, sye. The interjection is derived from the noun. Cognates Cognate with French victoire, Italian vittoria, Portuguese vitoria, Spanish victoria, Romanian victorie. Tamil வெற்றி (veṟṟi) (pronounced roughly like "vetri") is a false cognate.

  1. derived from *weyk-✻ — “to contain, envelop; to overcome”
  2. derived from victōria — “victory”
  3. derived from victorie
  4. derived from victorie
  5. inherited from victory

Definitions

  1. The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an…

    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.
    • I behelde, and the ſame horne made battail agaynſt the ſayntes, yee ãd gat the victory off them: […]
    • Hieronimo, it greatly pleaſeth vs, / That in our victorie thou haue a ſhare, / By vertue of thy vvorthy Sonnes exployt.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Victory (“(uncountable) the Roman goddess of victory, the…

    Alternative letter-case form of Victory (“(uncountable) the Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike; also (countable), an artistic depiction of her, chiefly as a winged woman”).

  3. Used to encourage someone to achieve success, or to celebrate a success or triumph.

    • Saint George and Victory; fight Souldiers, fight: […]
    • Victory! Victory to the prostrate nations! / Bear witness Night, and ye mute Constellations / Who gaze on us from your crystalline cars! / Thoughts have gone forth whose powers can sleep no more! / Victory! Victory!
    • Victory! Victory! Russia's famish'd eagles / Dare not to prey beneath the crescent's light.
  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. To defeat or triumph over (someone or something).

    2. The 48th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

    3. A surname.

    4. Synonym of Victoria (“the Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess…

      Synonym of Victoria (“the Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike”); also (countable), an artistic depiction of her, chiefly as a winged woman.

      • Behind Roma seated with Victoriola on the exten ded^([sic]) hand a full-sized Victory approaches from the right with crown and palm.

    5. A number of places in the United States

      A number of places in the United States:

    6. A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada

      A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Victory No. 226.

    7. A volcano in Papua New Guinea, also known as Mount Victory.

    8. Ellipsis of Victory Liner, a bus company.

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Derived

Cadmean victory, cultural victory, culture victory, dig for victory, hollow victory, landslide victory, margin of victory, moral victory, Pyrrhic victory, snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory, snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, sudden victory, victory at sea, victory bond, Victory Day, victory garden, victory girl, Victory Island, victory lane, victory lap, victoryless, victory mosque, victory point, victory roll, victory sign

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at victory. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at victory. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at victory

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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