triumph

Definition

  • noun: a great or important victory
  • noun: a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a decisive victory over a foreign enemy
  • verb: to achieve victory especially in a long or difficult contest
  • verb: to obtain victory
  • synonyms: victory, conquest, prevail

Examples

  • The design is a 'triumph' of simplicity. [=the design is very good and simple]

  • They celebrated their 'triumph' with a parade through the steets of the city.

  • They were able to achieve an important 'triumph' against their chief rivals.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - The king doth wake tonight and takes his muse Keeps wassail and a swaggering upspring reels, and as he drains his drafts of rhenish down... ...the kettledrum and trumpet thus bray out the triumph of his pledge - Is it a custom? - Aye, many it is But to my mind, though I am native here (..)
    2015 Hamlet