{
    "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."
}