triumph
noun /ˈtraɪʌmf/
/ˈtraɪʌmf/
- [countable, uncountable] a great success, achievement or victory
- one of the greatest triumphs of modern science
- triumph over somebody/something It was a personal triumph over her old rival.
Extra ExamplesTopics Successc1- Hollywood's favourite actor was modest about his latest triumph.
- The team enjoyed a memorable triumph last night.
- their recent triumph against Brazil
- The union scored a triumph in negotiating a minimum wage within the industry.
- They hailed the signing of the agreement as a major diplomatic triumph.
- the triumph of the human spirit
- The birth of the red panda cub is being hailed as a triumph for the zoo's breeding programme.
- triumph against seemingly insuperable odds
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- major
- real
- …
- score
- hail something as
- see something as
- …
- in triumph
- triumph against
- triumph for
- …
- a/somebody’s moment of triumph
- a sense of triumph
- a/somebody’s triumph over adversity
- …
- [uncountable] the feeling of great pleasure or joy that you get from a great success or victory
- a shout of triumph
- in triumph The winning team returned home in triumph.
- ‘I’ve done it,’ she thought with a sweet sense of triumph.
- This was her moment of triumph.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- major
- real
- …
- score
- hail something as
- see something as
- …
- in triumph
- triumph against
- triumph for
- …
- a/somebody’s moment of triumph
- a sense of triumph
- a/somebody’s triumph over adversity
- …
- [singular] a triumph (of something) an excellent example of how successful something can be
- Her arrest was a triumph of international cooperation.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French triumphe (noun), from Latin triump(h)us, probably from Greek thriambos ‘hymn to Bacchus’ (the Greek god). Current senses of the verb date from the early 16th cent.