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

  • (..) Were you glad to see me or not? So the Schuzburgs asked us to dinner. The sauce was said to have cost a thousand rubles, and it was ghastly. I gave them a sauce that cost kopeks and it was a triumph. This must stop. You make me feel as if I were guilty of something. What do you want me to do? (..)
    2012 Anna Karenina