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margin of victory

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables
margin of vic-to-ry
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Difference in score between the winner of a competition and the second-place finisher.

Countable

noun

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.

Countable

Usage

Inflected Forms

margins of victory (plural)

Questions

What does margin of victory mean?
Difference in score between the winner of a competition and the second-place finisher.

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