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Victory Day

Victory Day

1 3.4
A day when a country remembers and celebrates an important military victory, often as a public holiday
  • noun
translation icon : Día de la Victoria
  • Victory Day celebration
  • Victory Day parade

That got a lot of coverage because I somehow timed it on the Victory Day of Bangladesh.

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Examples

  • That got a lot of coverage because I somehow timed it on the Victory Day of Bangladesh.

    Rich Roll

  • A maid in the hotel had found him close to noon on Saturday, Victory Day, when she entered the suite to make the bed and tidy up the room.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • What was an Argentinian citizen with an expired passport doing in Malabo on Victory Day, dressed in fancy clothes just bought at Burberry's, the store of choice of the British colony?

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Every year, Russians celebrate Victory Day on May 9 to honor their victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

  • Schools and community centers organize events to commemorate Victory Day, highlighting its importance in history.

  • The Victory Day parade in Moscow features military displays and honors veterans who fought in the war.

Synonyms

V-day
vsVictory Day
7.0

A day when people celebrate a victory in a war

is officially set aside for remembrance and often observed as a public holiday

Antonyms

defeat
275 2.5

A loss in a game, match, or election that means you do not win

Surface Forms

Victory Day singular
Victory Days plural

Morphology

victory + day

The meaning 'a day set aside to commemorate a victory' is directly and transparently built from 'victory' (success in a struggle) + 'day' (a calendar day or observance), following the common English pattern 'X Day' for commemorative holidays. This construction is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Día de la Victoria, Jour de la Victoire, День Победы), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Victory Day comes from the idea of choosing one special day to celebrate a big victory after a battle, with parades, flags and ceremonies in the streets. That's why it now means 'a day set aside to remember an important victory', often a 'public holiday'.