victory
♦♦ vic|to|ry /v'ɪktəri/ (victories)
1 [N-VAR]
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
2 [PHRASE] N inflects, PHR after v, v-link PHR
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...Pyr|rhic vic|to|ry /p'ɪrɪk v'ɪktəri/ (Pyrrhic victories)
also pyrrhic victory
[N-COUNT]
If you describe a victory as a Pyrrhic victory, you mean that although someone has won or gained something, they have also lost something which was worth even more.
1 [N-VAR]
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
2 [PHRASE] N inflects, PHR after v, v-link PHR
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...Pyr|rhic vic|to|ry /p'ɪrɪk v'ɪktəri/ (Pyrrhic victories)
also pyrrhic victory
[N-COUNT]
If you describe a victory as a Pyrrhic victory, you mean that although someone has won or gained something, they have also lost something which was worth even more.