Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

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.