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{
"term": "victory",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "success in a game, an election, a war, etc.",
"sensetop": "victory in somethingvictory over somebody/somethingvictory against somebody/somethingvictory for somebody/something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **win a** narrow **victory**"
},
{
"text": "The outcome left both sides **claiming victory**."
},
{
"text": "an **election victory**"
},
{
"text": "Neither side is strong enough to achieve a military victory."
},
{
"text": "a **decisive/landslide victory** in the election",
"contextForm": "victory in something"
},
{
"text": "She is confident of victory in Saturday's final."
},
{
"text": "The team are celebrating a 3–2 victory over Poland.",
"contextForm": "victory over somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "He hopes to lead his side to victory against Australia.",
"contextForm": "victory against somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The case is being seen as a victory for freedom of speech.",
"contextForm": "victory for somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "a victory speech/celebration/parade"
},
{
"text": "A goal in the final seconds of the game sealed their victory."
},
{
"text": "Any mistake by the Democrats could deliver a Republican victory."
},
{
"text": "Bush barely eked out a victory in 2000."
},
{
"text": "He saw it as a small victory over the increasingly repressive policies."
},
{
"text": "He surprised the nation with an upset victory over the incumbent leader."
},
{
"text": "His party won a landslide victory in the elections."
},
{
"text": "Of their nine consecutive victories, five have been at home."
},
{
"text": "She made a victory sign with her two fingers."
},
{
"text": "The Dutch champions were denied victory in a tough 2–2 draw at Porto."
},
{
"text": "The England cricket team has tasted victory for the first time this season."
},
{
"text": "The Hungarians pulled off a surprise victory against the Italian champions."
},
{
"text": "The army won the decisive victory that changed the course of the war."
},
{
"text": "The case was hailed as a victory for the common man."
},
{
"text": "The winners took a victory lap after the race."
},
{
"text": "They would do anything to ensure victory for themselves."
},
{
"text": "They would do whatever lay in their power to ensure victory for themselves."
},
{
"text": "This series of bloodless victories won him widespread domestic support."
},
{
"text": "Union leaders hailed the socialists' victory as a huge step forward."
},
{
"text": "a 98 000-vote victory margin"
},
{
"text": "a victory against Fascism"
},
{
"text": "their resounding victory over England"
},
{
"text": "Chelmsford finished 10 runs short of victory."
},
{
"text": "It represented a significant political victory for Williamson."
},
{
"text": "Neither side has yet claimed outright victory."
},
{
"text": "The team is aiming for a hat-trick of victories in Germany this weekend."
}
],
"topics": ["Success", "War and conflict", "Sports: other sports"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "famous", "glorious"],
"verb + victory": ["achieve", "capture", "clinch"],
"victory + noun": ["celebration", "parade", "party"],
"preposition": ["victory against", "victory for", "victory over"],
"phrases": ["snatch victory from the jaws of defeat"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to win something easily",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He swept to victory in the final of the championship."
},
{
"text": "Labour swept to victory in the 1945 election."
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: other sports", "War and conflict"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to win something even though it seemed up until the last moment that you would lose",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvɪktəri/",
"audio": "vi/victory/victory__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvɪktəri/",
"audio": "vi/victory/victory__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French victorie, from Latin victoria."
}