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victory
(mass) | victory
- víťazstvo |
victory
(encz) | victory,vítězství |
Victory
(gcide) | Victory \Vic"to*ry\, n.; pl. Victories. [OE. victorie, OF.
victorie, victoire, F. victoire, L. victoria. See Victor.]
The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any
contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or
competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat.
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Death is swallowed up in victory. --1 Cor. xv.
54.
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God on our side, doubt not of victory. --Shak.
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Victory may be honorable to the arms, but shameful to
the counsels, of a nation. --Bolingbroke.
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victory
(wn) | victory
n 1: a successful ending of a struggle or contest; "a narrow
victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's
victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the
agreement was a triumph for common sense" [syn: victory,
triumph] [ant: defeat, licking] |
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victory
(mass) | victory
- víťazstvo |
pyrrhic victory
(encz) | Pyrrhic victory,Pyrrhovo vítězství [hist.] ~ vyjadřuje formální
vítězství či úspěch, které ve skutečnosti ve svých důsledcích žádným
vítězstvím či úspěchem není. mamm & Wikipedie |
sail to victory
(encz) | sail to victory,zvítězit [fráz.] hladce, suverénně, bez potíží Pino |
snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
(encz) | snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, |
victory
(encz) | victory,vítězství |
victory celebration
(encz) | victory celebration, n: |
victory garden
(encz) | victory garden, n: |
victory lap
(encz) | victory lap, n: |
Cadmean victory
(gcide) | Cadmean \Cad*me"an\ (k[a^]d*m[=e]"an), a. [L. Cadmeus, Gr.
Kadmei^os, from Ka`dmos (L. Cadmus), which name perhaps means
lit. a man from the East; cf. Heb. qedem east.]
Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who
was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple
letters of the alphabet -- [alpha], [beta], [gamma], [delta],
[epsilon], [iota], [kappa], [lambda], [mu], [nu], [omicron],
[pi], [rho], [sigma], [tau], [upsilon]. These are called
Cadmean letters.
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Cadmean victory, a victory that damages the victors as much
as the vanquished; probably referring to the battle in
which the soldiers who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown
by Cadmus slew each other. Similar to a Pyhrric victory.
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lopsided victory
(gcide) | lopsided victory \lop"sid`ed victory\, n.
A victory in a contest in which one side defeats the other
overwhelmingly; -- in sports, meaning one side scores much
more than the other; in war, meaning one side has many more
casualties than the other.
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Pyrrhic victory
(gcide) | Pyrrhic \Pyr"rhic\, a. [L. pyrrhichius, Gr. ? belonging to the ?
(sc. ?) a kind of war dance.]
1. Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance. " ye
have the pyrrhic dance as yet." --Byron.
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2. (Pros.) Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics;
containing pyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse.
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Pyrrhic victory [From Pyrrhus, king of Epirus.],
(a) a victory in which the winning side sustains very
heavy losses.
(b) any act supposedly benefitting the actor, for which
the costs outweight the benefits.
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pyrrhic victory
(wn) | Pyrrhic victory
n 1: a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses |
victory
(wn) | victory
n 1: a successful ending of a struggle or contest; "a narrow
victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's
victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the
agreement was a triumph for common sense" [syn: victory,
triumph] [ant: defeat, licking] |
victory celebration
(wn) | victory celebration
n 1: a celebration following a victory in a battle or sports
competition |
victory day
(wn) | Victory Day
n 1: the day of a victory [syn: V-day, Victory Day] |
victory garden
(wn) | victory garden
n 1: a kitchen garden planted during wartime to relieve food
shortages |
victory lap
(wn) | victory lap
n 1: a lap by the winning person or team run to celebrate the
victory [syn: victory lap, lap of honour] |
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