Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - victory

(victories) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A victory is a success in a struggle, war, or competition. Union leaders are heading for victory in their battle over workplace rights. ...the former Welsh rugby union skipper who led Great Britain to victory over France. ? defeat N-VAR 2. If you say that someone has won a moral victory, you mean that although they have officially lost a contest or dispute, they have succeeded in showing they are right about something. She said her party had won a moral victory... PHRASE: N inflects, PHR after v, v-link PHR