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triumph/ˈtrʌɪʌmf/
noun
  • 1 a great victory or achievement.

    ■ the state of being victorious or successful.

    ■ joy or satisfaction resulting from a success or victory.

    ■ a highly successful example: the arrest was a triumph of international cooperation.

  • 2 the processional entry of a victorious general into ancient Rome.
verb
  • 1 achieve a triumph.

    ■ rejoice or exult at a triumph.

  • 2 (of a Roman general) ride into ancient Rome after a victory.
– derivatives
triumphal adjective,
triumphally adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. triumphe (n.), from L. triump(h)us, prob. from Gk thriambos ‘hymn to Bacchus’.



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