victory

«victory» in Mova's judaism dictionary: winning a game, race, contest, battle or war — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a victory, victories; victory, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) A victory is winning a game, race, contest, battle or war. tree →

2) Victory is success in a struggle against something difficult. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Bible, victory is usually something that God gives, not something won by human strength alone. Interpretation: The tradition teaches that horses and armies do not save, only God does, and Hanukkah is told as a victory won through God's help. In the primary lessons: In sport and PE, a victory is a win for a team. In history, victories end battles and wars. In stories, the hero's victory over the villain is the happy ending. Phrases: «win a victory», «a victory over», «victory for», «a narrow victory», «victory lap».

examples

• And the LORD gave victory to David whithersoever he went. (Prophets 2SA.8.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• Who hath raised up one from the east, at whose steps victory attendeth? (Prophets ISA.41.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• The horse is prepared against the day of battle; but victory is of the LORD. (Writings PRO.21.31, JPS 1917) tree →
• Our team celebrated its first victory of the season. tree →
• The knight won a great victory over the dragon. tree →
• It was a narrow victory: 3 goals to 2. tree →
• The runner did a victory lap of the track. tree →
• Learning to swim was a victory for me. tree →
• The soldiers cheered at the news of victory. tree →
• We won 10–4, so our victory was by 6 points. tree →
• It was he, not I, who gained the victory.’ tree →

note

Countable: «a victory, victories» (y changes to ies). Adjective: «victorious»; a winner is a «victor». In maths, the margin of victory is the difference between the two scores.

In the corpora

• And the LORD gave victory to David whithersoever he went.
• And the LORD gave victory to David whithersoever he went.
• Who hath raised up one from the east, at whose steps victory attendeth?
• The LORD hath brought forth our victory; come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
• The horse is prepared against the day of battle; but victory is of the LORD.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «victory» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.