Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being the winner in a contest or struggle.
- adjective Characteristic of or expressing a sense of victory or fulfillment.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Conquering; triumphant; having conquered in any conquest or in battle; having overcome an antagonist or enemy.
- Of or pertaining to victory; characterized or signalized by victory.
- Emblematic of conquest; denoting victory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to victory, or a victor; being a victor; bringing or causing a victory; conquering; winning; triumphant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Being the
winner in acontest ,struggle ,war etc - adjective Of, or expressing a
sense ofvictory ortriumph
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective experiencing triumph
- adjective having won
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Examples
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Today, at home and abroad, religious extremists (who are to be found in every major tradition) are playing the odds, hoping to emerge victorious from a zero-sum game of their own making.
Jim Kenney: Why the Mosque Melee Actually Signals a New Era of Religious Tolerance Jim Kenney 2010
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Today, at home and abroad, religious extremists (who are to be found in every major tradition) are playing the odds, hoping to emerge victorious from a zero-sum game of their own making.
Jim Kenney: Why the Mosque Melee Actually Signals a New Era of Religious Tolerance Jim Kenney 2010
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Today, at home and abroad, religious extremists (who are to be found in every major tradition) are playing the odds, hoping to emerge victorious from a zero-sum game of their own making.
Jim Kenney: Why the Mosque Melee Actually Signals a New Era of Religious Tolerance Jim Kenney 2010
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Now he's gone, and after an eight-year hatchet job of government, conservatives 'apparent chagrin and incredulity that the opposition would emerge victorious is nothing short of silly.
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Today, at home and abroad, religious extremists (who are to be found in every major tradition) are playing the odds, hoping to emerge victorious from a zero-sum game of their own making.
Jim Kenney: Why the Mosque Melee Actually Signals a New Era of Religious Tolerance Jim Kenney 2010
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The Big Bang Theory emerged victorious from the first hotly contested Thursday night of the fall TV season, leading CBS to a ratings win, according to overnight Nielsen estimates.
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Today, at home and abroad, religious extremists (who are to be found in every major tradition) are playing the odds, hoping to emerge victorious from a zero-sum game of their own making.
Jim Kenney: Why the Mosque Melee Actually Signals a New Era of Religious Tolerance Jim Kenney 2010
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Fox 2000 has emerged victorious from the bidding scrum over the rights to Incarceron, the latest British sci-fi/fantasy young adult novel to belatedly find itself on the New York Times bestsellers list.
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novel INCARCERON Comes to Fox 2000 – Collider.com 2010
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Third Error: Americans do not understand the correct role of artillery in victorious combat *.
Forward to the East 2008
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Rays whisk away White Sox in victorious playoffs debut - USATODAY. com
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