historic victory

collocation in English

meaningsofhistoricandvictory

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historic
adjective
uk
/hɪˈstɒr.ɪk/us
/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪk/
important or likely to be important ...
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victory
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈvɪk.tər.i/us
/ˈvɪk.tɚ.i/
an occasion when you win a game, competition, election, war, etc. or the fact that you ...
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(Definition ofhistoricandvictoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I pay tribute to thathistoricvictoryin 1983, from which we learned something.
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What ahistoricvictoryfor parliamentary freedom that was.
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There are two simple reasons for my party'shistoricvictoryin the election.
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That clause was ahistoricvictoryand had cross-party support but it has some weaknesses.
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This will be ahistoricvictoryfor the miners, make no mistake about that.
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The achievement of a fourth andhistoricvictorywas quite a mountain to climb, and to do that in contradiction of the opinion polls constituted a remarkable personal achievement.
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A few months after thathistoricvictory, he became a father for the first time.
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The bells ring every year on the day of thehistoricvictory.
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The 2013 general election marks ahistoricvictoryfor the democratic life on their country.
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Supported by an emerging labour movement, the workers achieved some of their objectives, such as thehistoricvictoryof an eight-hour working day.
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