Victory doesn’t always look like we think it should look. What is your goal? What if your goals change halfway through? Are you happy with the result?

Are martyrs who die for their faith victorious?

n., pl. -ries.

1. Defeat of an enemy or opponent.

2. Success in a struggle against difficulties or an obstacle.

3. The state of having triumphed.

[Middle English, from Old French victorie, from Latin victōria, from victor, victor.]

SYNONYMS victory, conquest, triumph. These nouns denote winning a war, struggle, or competition. Victory refers especially to the final defeat of an enemy or opponent: “Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be” (Winston S. Churchill). Conquest connotes subduing, subjugating, or achieving control over: “Conquest of illiteracy comes first” (John Kenneth Galbraith). Triumph denotes a victory or success that is especially noteworthy because it is decisive, significant, or spectacular: preaching the eventual triumph of good over evil.

One entry found for victory.

Main Entry: vic·to·ry

Pronunciation: ‘vik-t(&-)rE

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural -ries

Etymology: Middle English victorie, from Anglo-French, from Latin victoria, from victor

1 : the overcoming of an enemy or antagonist

2 : achievement of mastery or success in a struggle or endeavor against odds or difficulties

it is, to win the game when you actually don’t. If you take the best lesson from anything bad then you Get the best Victory…

an engagement ending in such triumph