tri·um·phant

[trahy-uhm-fuhnt]
adjective
1.
having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
2.
exulting over victory; rejoicing over success; exultant.
3.
Archaic. triumphal ( def 1 ).
4.
Obsolete. splendid; magnificent.

Origin:
1485–95; < Latin triumphant-, stem of triumphāns, present participle of triumphāre to triumph. See triumph, -ant

tri·um·phant·ly, adverb
un·tri·um·phant, adjective
un·tri·um·phant·ly, adverb

triumphal, triumphant.
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triumphant (traɪˈʌmfənt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  experiencing or displaying triumph
2.  exultant through triumph
3.  obsolete
 a.  magnificent
 b.  triumphal
 
tri'umphantly
 
adv

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Cable and satellite television was a good business going into the recession and is now triumphant.
If they had got through, it would have been a triumphant breaching of the blockade.
But the ax's popularity extended well beyond that decorated power trio of triumphant guitarists.
The reward for a triumphant venture, however, can be in the millions.
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