Triumph
['traɪʌmf]
Definition
(n.) A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.
(n.) Hence, any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant.
(n.) A state of joy or exultation for success.
(n.) Success causing exultation; victory; conquest; as, the triumph of knowledge.
(n.) A trump card; also, an old game at cards.
(n.) To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.
(n.) To obtain victory; to be successful; to prevail.
(n.) To be prosperous; to flourish.
(n.) To play a trump card.
(v. t.) To obtain a victory over; to prevail over; to conquer. Also, to cause to triumph.
Typed by Anatole
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Ovation, celebration, jubilee, jubilation, exultation, flourish of trumpets.[2]. Conquest, victory.
v. n. [1]. Exult, rejoice, crow, chuckle, hold a triumph, celebrate a victory.[2]. Prevail, succeed, get the mastery, obtain a victory.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Victory, success, ovation, achievement, conquest, exultation, trophy
ANT:Defeat, discomfiture, failure, unsuccess, abortion, baffling, disappointment
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Definition
n. in ancient Rome a solemn procession in honour of a victorious general: joy for success: victory: (Shak.) a trump card.—v.i. to celebrate a victory with pomp: to rejoice for victory: to obtain victory: to be prosperous: to boast exult (with over): (Shak.) to shine brightly.—v.t. (Milt.) to boast over.—adj. Trium′phal pertaining to triumph: used in celebrating victory.—n. (Milt.) a token of victory.—adj. Trium′phant celebrating or rejoicing for a triumph: expressing joy for success: victorious.—adv. Trium′phantly.—n. Trī′umpher.—adv. Trī′umphingly in a triumphing manner: with triumph or exultation.—Triumphal arch an arch erected in connection with the triumph of a Roman general any decorative arch in public rejoicings &c.—Church triumphant (see Church).
Editor: Trudy
Examples
- The sight stirred Lily with an irresistible sense of triumph. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The triumph began. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Next instant, with a loud shout of triumph he held up one splinter, in which a round, dark object was fixed like a plum in a pudding. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She gave a queer little crowing sound of triumph. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It will be such a triumph to the others! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- They wanted not safety, but triumph, not world welfare, but world empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was a gallant and decided triumph for Mrs. Bute. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- On November 14, 1888, President Carnot opened the institution, which was soon to witness the triumphs of Roux, Yersin, Metchnikoff, and other disciples of Pasteur. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The first triumphs of Joshua are not repeated. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The triumphs of Greek abstract thought teach the lesson that p ractical men should pay homage to speculation even when they fail to comprehend a fraction of it. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The forty-seventh proposition of the first book of Euclid was regarded as one of the supreme triumphs of the human mind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Arsenal at Frankford, Philadelphia, devised a series of cartridge-making machines which ranked among the highest triumphs of American invention. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Hargreaves was in the midst of his troubles and his early triumphs, in 1765-1769, when Richard Arkwright entered the field. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is true I little respect women or girls who are loquacious either in boasting the triumphs, or bemoaning the mortifications, of feelings. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- To be brief, their kind attention and my own excellent constitution triumphed over the fever, which had been very severe during five days. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- A sickroom, indeed, it soon ceased to be; Mr. Moore's good constitution quickly triumphed over his indisposition. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He even triumphed in it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He had triumphed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Franklin's good-will, clearness of conception, and common sense triumphed everywhere. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Emanuelsad as Saul, and stern as Joab, and there triumphed his accusers. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In America, both North and South, on the other hand, the revolution had triumphed and nineteenth-century liberalism ruled unchallenged. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Shall man be the enemy of man, while plague, the foe to all, even now is above us, triumphing in our butchery, more cruel than her own? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Through want of it she had sung without being merry, possessed without enjoying, outshone without triumphing. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Edited by Kitty