achieve victory

  • 1achieve — a•chieve [[t]əˈtʃiv[/t]] v., a•chieved, a•chiev•ing. 1) to bring to a successful end; succeed in doing or accomplishing: The crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose[/ex] 2) to get or attain by effort: to achieve victory[/ex] 3) to accomplish… …

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  • 2achieve — achievable, adj. achiever, n. /euh cheev /, v., achieved, achieving. v.t. 1. to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose. 2. to get or attain by effort; gain; obtain: to achieve… …

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  • 3victory — n. 1) to achieve, gain, pull off (colloq.), score, win a victory 2) a clear, clear cut, decisive, outright, resounding, stunning; upset victory 3) a bloodless; cheap; glorious; hard won; hollow; moral; Pyrrhic; signal; sweeping victory 4) a… …

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  • 4victory — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, famous, glorious, great, historic, huge, impressive, major, notable, outstanding (esp. BrE), remar …

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  • 5victory — vic|to|ry W2 [ˈvıktəri] n plural victories [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: victorie, from Latin victoria, from victus; VICTOR] the success you achieve when you win a battle, game, election etc ≠ ↑defeat ▪ Napoleon s military… …

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  • 6victory */*/*/ — UK [ˈvɪkt(ə)rɪ] / US noun Word forms victory : singular victory plural victories 1) [countable/uncountable] the fact of winning a competition or battle, or an occasion when someone wins The team worked hard to achieve their championship victory.… …

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  • 7victory — vic|to|ry [ vıkt(ə)ri ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the fact of winning a competition or battle, or an occasion when someone wins: The team worked hard to achieve their championship victory. cruise to victory (=win easily): Harvard cruised to… …

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  • 8achieve — verb VERB + ACHIEVE ▪ fail to ▪ The present law has failed to achieve its objectives. ▪ be able to ▪ try to ▪ be designed to ▪ …

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  • 9victory — /ˈvɪktəri / (say viktuhree), / tri/ (say tree) noun (plural victories) 1. the ultimate and decisive superiority in a battle or any contest. 2. a success or triumph won over the enemy in battle or war, or an engagement ending in such a triumph:… …

  • 10achieve — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. accomplish, attain, reach. See completion. Ant., fail. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To succeed in carrying out] Syn. complete, end, terminate, conclude, finish, finish up, finish off, do, perform,… …

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