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victorious

/vɪkˈtɔriəs/
/vɪkˈtɔrjəs/
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When you're victorious, you've won something. A victorious team is triumphant.

Every year, one team in the Super Bowl is victorious, the winner. A victorious team or person has achieved victory, won the game, and defeated the other side. People can be victorious by winning elections, contests, games, and just about anything competitive. People who overcome diseases such as alcoholism are victorious, as are countries that win wars.

Definitions of victorious
  1. adjective
    having won
    “the victorious entry”
    synonyms: winning
    successful
    having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
  2. adjective
    experiencing triumph
    synonyms: triumphant
    undefeated
    victorious
Pronunciation
US
/vɪkˈtɔriəs/
UK
/vɪkˈtɔrjəs/
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