vic|tim ◆◆◇ /v I kt I m/ (victims )
1 N‑COUNT A victim is someone who has been hurt or killed. □ Not all the victims survived. □ [+ of ] Statistically, our chances of being the victims of violent crime are remote.
2 N‑COUNT A victim is someone who has suffered as a result of someone else's actions or beliefs, or as a result of unpleasant circumstances. □ [+ of ] He was a victim of racial prejudice. □ Infectious diseases are spreading among many of the flood victims.
3 PHRASE If you fall victim to something or someone, you suffer as a result of them, or you are killed by them. □ In the early 1960s, Blyton fell victim to Alzheimer's disease.
vic|tim|ize ◆◇◇ /v I kt I ma I z/ (victimizes , victimizing , victimized ) in BRIT, also use victimise VERB If someone is victimized , they are deliberately treated unfairly. □ [be V -ed] He felt the students had been victimized because they'd voiced opposition to the government. [Also V n] ● vic|timi|za|tion /v I kt I ma I ze I ʃ ə n/ N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] …society's cruel victimization of women.
vic|tim|less /v I kt I mləs/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A victimless crime is a crime which is considered to be less serious than other crimes because nobody suffers directly as a result of it. [JOURNALISM ] □ …the so-called victimless crime of prostitution.
vi c|tim sup|po rt N‑UNCOUNT Victim support is the giving of help and advice to people who are victims of crime. □ When the attack took place, there were no victim support schemes.
vic|tor /v I ktə r / (victors ) N‑COUNT The victor in a battle or contest is the person who wins. [LITERARY ]
Vic|to|rian /v I ktɔː riən/ (Victorians )
1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Victorian means belonging to, connected with, or typical of Britain in the middle and last parts of the 19th century, when Victoria was Queen. □ We have a lovely old Victorian house. □ …The Early Victorian Period.
2 ADJ You can use Victorian to describe people who have old-fashioned attitudes, especially about good behaviour and morals. □ Victorian values are much misunderstood. □ My grandfather was very Victorian.
3 N‑COUNT [usu pl] The Victorians were the British people who lived in the time of Queen Victoria.
Vic|to|ri|ana /v I ktɔː riɑː nə/ N‑UNCOUNT Interesting or valuable objects made in the time of Queen Victoria are sometimes referred to as Victoriana .
vic|to|ri|ous /v I ktɔː riəs/ ADJ You use victorious to describe someone who has won a victory in a struggle, war, or competition. □ It has been a season in which he has been on the victorious side just three times.
vic|to|ry ◆◆◇ /v I ktəri/ (victories )
1 N‑VAR A victory is a success in a struggle, war, or competition. □ Union leaders are heading for victory in their battle over workplace rights. □ [+ over ] He led the team to victory over France.
2 PHRASE If you say that someone has won a moral victory , you mean that although they have officially lost a contest or dispute, they have succeeded in showing they are right about something. □ She said her party had won a moral victory.
video ◆◆◇ /v I dioʊ/ (videos , videoing , videoed )
1 N‑COUNT A video is a film or television programme recorded digitally (or in the past on tape) for people to watch on a television set. □ …the makers of films and videos.
2 N‑UNCOUNT [oft on N ] Video is the system of recording films and events either digitally or (in the past) on tape. □ She has watched the race on video. □ …manufacturers of audio and video equipment.
3 N‑COUNT A video is a machine used in the past to record television programmes and play videos on a television set. [mainly BRIT ] □ He'd set the video for 8.00. in AM, usually use VCR 4 VERB If you video an event, you record it on video. [mainly BRIT ] □ [V n] She had been videoing the highlights of the tournament. in AM, usually use tape 5 N‑UNCOUNT Video is a system by which you can see television images or films on your computer, rather than on a television set.
vi deo ca mera (video cameras ) N‑COUNT A video camera is a camera that you used in the past to record events to watch later on video.
vi deo cas|se tte (video cassettes ) N‑COUNT In the past, a video cassette was a cassette containing videotape, on which you could record or watch moving pictures and sounds.
vi deo-co nference (video-conferences ) N‑COUNT A video-conference is a meeting that takes place using video conferencing. [BUSINESS ]
video con|fer|enc|ing /v I dioʊ kɒ nfrəns I ŋ/ also video-conferencing , videoconferencing N‑UNCOUNT Video conferencing is a system that enables people in various places around the world to have a meeting by seeing and hearing each other on a screen. [BUSINESS ]
vi deo di a|ry (video diaries ) N‑COUNT A video diary is a film that someone makes of the things that happen to them over a period of time, which they upload to a website.
vi deo game (video games ) N‑COUNT A video game is a computer game that you play by using controls or buttons to move images on a screen.
video|tape /v I dioʊte I p/ also video tape N‑UNCOUNT Videotape is magnetic tape that is used to record moving pictures and sounds to be shown on television.
vie /va I / (vies , vying , vied ) VERB If one person or thing is vying with another for something, the people or things are competing for it. [FORMAL ] □ [V + with ] California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing communications market. □ [V to-inf] Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo. □ [V + for ] In hospitals, business plans vie with patients for doctors' attention. □ [V + for ] The two are vying for the support of New York voters.