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tri⋅umph

  [trahy-uhmf, -uhmf]
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–noun
1. the act, fact, or condition of being victorious or triumphant; victory; conquest.
2. a significant success or noteworthy achievement; instance or occasion of victory.
3. exultation resulting from victory; joy over success.
4. Roman History. the ceremonial entrance into Rome of a victorious commander with his army, spoils of war, and captives, authorized by the senate in honor of an important military or naval victory. Compare ovation (def. 2).
5. a public pageant, spectacle, or the like.
–verb (used without object)
6. to gain a victory; be victorious; win.
7. to gain mastery; prevail: to triumph over fear.
8. to be successful; achieve success.
9. to exult over victory; rejoice over success.
10. to be elated or glad; rejoice proudly; glory.
11. to celebrate a triumph, as a victorious Roman commander.
–verb (used with object)
12. to conquer; triumph over.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME triumphe (n.), OE triumpha < L triump(h)us, perh. < Etruscan < Gk thríambos hymn to Dionysus

Related forms:
tri⋅umph⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. success. See victory. 3. jubilation, celebration. 6. succeed.

Antonyms:
1. defeat, loss.
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tri·umph   (trī'əmf)   
intr.v.   tri·umphed, tri·umph·ing, tri·umphs
  1. To be victorious or successful; win.
  2. To rejoice over a success or victory; exult.
  3. To receive honors upon return from a victory in ancient Rome. Used of a general.
n.  
  1. The fact of being victorious; victory or conquest. See Synonyms at victory.
  2. A noteworthy or spectacular success.
  3. Exultation or rejoicing over victory or success.
  4. A public celebration in ancient Rome to welcome a returning victorious commander and his army.
  5. Obsolete A public celebration or spectacular pageant.

[Middle English triomfen, from Old French triumpher, from Latin triumphāre, from triumphus, triumph, from earlier triumpus, ultimately (probably via Etruscan) from Greek thriambos, hymn to Dionysus.]
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Triumph

Tri"umph\, n. [L. triumphus, OL. triumpus; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. ? a procession in honor of Bacchus: cf. F. triomphe. Cf. Trump at cards.]

1. (Rom. Antiq.) A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.

Note: The general was allowed to enter the city crowned with a wreath of laurel, bearing a scepter in one hand, and a branch of laurel in the other, riding in a circular chariot, of a peculiar form, drawn by four horses. He was preceded by the senate and magistrates, musicians, the spoils, the captives in fetters, etc., and followed by his army on foot in marching order. The procession advanced in this manner to the Capitoline Hill, where sacrifices were offered, and victorious commander entertained with a public feast.

2. Hence, any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant. [Obs.]

Our daughter, In honor of whose birth these triumphs are, Sits here, like beauty's child. --Shak.

3. A state of joy or exultation for success.

Great triumph and rejoicing was in heaven. --Milton.

Hercules from Spain Arrived in triumph, from Geryon slain. --Dryden.

4. Success causing exultation; victory; conquest; as, the triumph of knowledge.

5. A trump card; also, an old game at cards. [Obs.]

Triumph

Tri"umph\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Triumphed; p. pr. & vb. n. Triumphing.] [L. triumphare: cf. F. triompher. See Triumph, n.]

1. To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.

How long shall the wicked triumph? --Ps. xciv. 3.

Sorrow on thee and all the pack of you That triumph thus upon my misery! --Shak.

2. To obtain victory; to be successful; to prevail.

Triumphing over death, and chance, and thee, O Time. --Milton.

On this occasion, however, genius triumphed. --Macaulay.

3. To be prosperous; to flourish.

Where commerce triumphed on the favoring gales. --Trumbull.

4. To play a trump card. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

Triumph

Tri"umph\, v. t. To obtain a victory over; to prevail over; to conquer. Also, to cause to triumph. [Obs.]

Two and thirty legions that awe All nations of the triumphed word. --Massinger.
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Language Translation for : triumph
Spanish: triunfo,
German: der Sieg,
Japanese: 勝利
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triumph  (n.)
c.1374, from O.Fr. triumphe (12c.), from L. triumphus "achievement, a success, procession for a victorious general or admiral," earlier triumpus, probably via Etruscan from Gk. thriambos "hymn to Dionysus," a loan-word from a pre-Hellenic language. Sense of "victory, conquest" is c.1400. The verb is first recorded 1483.
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