Victory — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a successful ending of a struggle or contest

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/vˈɪktɚɹi/

🇬🇧British English

/vˈɪktəɹi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/vˈɪktəɹi/

3 syllables Say it as /vˈɪktɚɹi/.

Examples

a narrow victory
the general always gets credit for his army's victory
clinched a victory

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

triumph

Antonyms

defeat

Parts of Speech

noun	a successful ending of a struggle or contest “a narrow victory”

Word Forms

victorious	adjective	experiencing triumph
triumph	verb	prove superior

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Sieg

ein erfolgreicher Abschluss eines Kampfes oder Wettbewerbs

🇫🇷French

victoire

une fin réussie d'une lutte ou d'un concours

🇪🇸Spanish

victoria

un final exitoso de una lucha o competencia

🇮🇹Italian

vittoria

una conclusione positiva di una lotta o di un concorso

🇳🇱Dutch

overwinning

een succesvol einde van een strijd of wedstrijd

🇵🇹Portuguese

vitória

um final bem-sucedido de uma luta ou competição

🇷🇺Russian

победа

успешное окончание борьбы или состязания

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विजय

किसी संघर्ष या प्रतियोगिता का सफल समापन

🇧🇩Bengali

বিজয়

একটি সংগ্রাম বা প্রতিযোগিতার সফল সমাপ্তি

🇮🇳Tamil

வெற்றி

ஒரு போராட்டம் அல்லது போட்டியின் வெற்றிகரமான முடிவு

🇮🇳Telugu

విజయం

పోరాటం లేదా పోటీ యొక్క విజయవంతమైన ముగింపు

🇮🇳Marathi

विजय

संघर्ष किंवा स्पर्धेचा यशस्वी शेवट

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિજય

સંઘર્ષ અથવા હરીફાઈનો સફળ અંત

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗೆಲುವು

ಹೋರಾಟ ಅಥವಾ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆಯ ಯಶಸ್ವಿ ಅಂತ್ಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിജയം

ഒരു പോരാട്ടത്തിൻ്റെയോ മത്സരത്തിൻ്റെയോ വിജയകരമായ അവസാനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜਿੱਤ

ਇੱਕ ਸੰਘਰਸ਼ ਜਾਂ ਮੁਕਾਬਲੇ ਦਾ ਸਫਲ ਅੰਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

فتح

جدوجہد یا مقابلہ کا کامیاب خاتمہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

胜利

斗争或竞赛的成功结束

🇯🇵Japanese

勝利

闘争や競争が無事に終わること

🇰🇷Korean

승리

투쟁이나 경쟁의 성공적인 종료

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chiến thắng

một kết thúc thành công của một cuộc đấu tranh hoặc cuộc thi

🇹🇭Thai

ชัยชนะ

การสิ้นสุดการต่อสู้หรือการแข่งขันที่ประสบความสำเร็จ

🇮🇩Indonesian

kemenangan

akhir yang sukses dari sebuah perjuangan atau kontes

🇵🇭Filipino

tagumpay

isang matagumpay na pagtatapos ng isang pakikibaka o paligsahan

🇲🇾Malay

kemenangan

kejayaan menamatkan perjuangan atau pertandingan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

انتصار

نهاية ناجحة للصراع أو المنافسة

🇮🇷Persian

پیروزی

پایان موفقیت آمیز یک مبارزه یا مسابقه

🇹🇷Turkish

zafer

bir mücadelenin veya yarışmanın başarılı bir şekilde sona ermesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

נִצָחוֹן

סיום מוצלח של מאבק או תחרות

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