"margin of victory" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: margins of victory [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|margins of victory|head=margin of victory}} margin of victory (plural margins of victory)
  1. (countable) Difference in score between the winner of a competition and the second-place finisher. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-margin_of_victory-en-noun-v6fXLldj
  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. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-margin_of_victory-en-noun-kr90~Rdz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89

Inflected forms

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