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triumphant

[trahy-uhm-fuhnt]

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adjective

having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.

exulting over victory; rejoicing over success; exultant.

Archaic. triumphal (def. 1).

Obsolete. splendid; magnificent.

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

Related forms

tri·um·phant·ly, adverb

un·tri·um·phant, adjective

un·tri·um·phant·ly, adverb

Can be confused: triumphal, triumphant.

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The troupe distilled and energized the milieu of anomie, satirizing the lame old regime in a triumphant revolt.

If they had got through, it would have been a triumphant breaching of the blockade.

It is a triumphant testimony to the transforming force of education.

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The troupe distilled and energized the milieu of anomie, satirizing the lame old regime in a triumphant revolt.

If they had got through, it would have been a triumphant breaching of the blockade.

It is a triumphant testimony to the transforming force of education.

Based on the remaining evidence, they declared general relativity triumphant.

Beirut is a city that is alternately triumphant and tragic, where paradox has been raised to an art form.

But that's not the only thing that's infused into the song's triumphant vibe.

The university, however, has sounded a similarly triumphant note.

How the different banks fare will help to determine which centres will emerge triumphant in the end.

The triumphant reign of pterosaurs ended with this giant flier.

Implant credited with long-lost pet's triumphant return.

It's the one with the triumphant cackling coming from the back room.

The reward for a triumphant venture, however, can be in the millions.

So, evidently, is this article as can be seen by the accompanying triumphant picture above.

The picture shows the tattered but triumphant safe after the would-be-thieves gave up and walked away.

Cable and satellite television was a good business going into the recession and is now triumphant.

He takes a triumphant step forward and pitches flat on his face.

But amid the triumphant tales of e-mails that end in wedding bells, a growing number of online daters are voicing complaints.

His strength of will, optimism and triumphant spriit continue to serve as an inspiration.

Kennedy, struggling with terminal brain cancer, made a triumphant appearance.

The time was ripe for a triumphant return to television.

We may be witnessing the end of the era of triumphant charisma.

At the end of any round of trade talks, a triumphant breakthrough backed by all sides can be announced.

But the ax's popularity extended well beyond that decorated power trio of triumphant guitarists.

It's relatively rare that the company that's triumphant in the commodity phase can move back to the insurrection phase.

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triumphant (traɪˈʌmfənt)

—*adj*
1.	experiencing or displaying triumph
2.	exultant through triumph
3.	obsolete
	a. magnificent
	b. triumphal

tri'umphantly

—*adv*

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