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margin of victory

margin of victory noun: difference in score between the winner of a competition and the second-place finisher.

Noun

margin of victory (plural margins of victory)

  1. (countable) Difference in score between the winner of a competition and the second-place finisher.
  2. (countable) Difference in score between the winner of a competition and the number of votes needed to win, generally fifty percent. Also referred to as the absolute margin of victory or as excess votes.

Forms of margin of victory

pluralmargins of victory

Questions about margin of victory

What does margin of victory mean?
Margin of victory means difference in score between the winner of a competition and the second-place finisher.
What part of speech is margin of victory?
Margin of victory is a noun.
What is the plural of margin of victory?
The plural of margin of victory is margins of victory.

Words near margin of victory in the dictionary

  1. margin call
  2. margin calls
  3. margin debt
  4. margin of error
  5. margin of safety
  6. margin of victory
  7. margin shell
  8. margin shells
  9. margin-call
  10. margin-called
  11. margin-calling

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