triumph2 verbtriumph1 noun
triumphtriumph2 verb [intransitive] formal 
VERB TABLE
triumph
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | triumph |
| he, she, it | triumphs | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | triumphed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have triumphed |
| he, she, it | has triumphed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had triumphed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will triumph |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have triumphed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am triumphing |
| he, she, it | is triumphing | |
| you, we, they | are triumphing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was triumphing |
| you, we, they | were triumphing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been triumphing |
| he, she, it | has been triumphing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been triumphing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be triumphing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been triumphing |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- But not until 1936 did both the necessities and advantages of this course begin to triumph in the field of ideas.
- But what is really important, it will be argued, is that the system triumphed.
- Iverson had come home and triumphed.
- The head had triumphed over the heart.
- We have triumphed over the unprincipled dissemination of facts.
THESAURUS
to be the best or most successful in a competition, game, election etc: · Italy won the World Cup in 2006.· He has a realistic chance of winning the Championship.
to win a race or competition: · Our team came first.· Jo was first in the race and I was second.
(also come in first) to win a race, competition, or election: · The Democratic candidate finished in first place.· I couldn’t believe it when the horse I chose came in first.
written to win a great victory, especially after a long and difficult battle, game etc: · Britain triumphed over its enemies.· In the end, the Yankees triumphed.
informal to win a game, competition, argument etc: · United came out on top after a thrilling game.· They did a survey and the Swedish car-maker came out on top.· If you try to argue with him, he always comes out on top.
to be winning a game, race, election etc at the moment: · The High School team are leading with sixty points.· With only two minutes left to play, we were still in the lead.
to be doing better than someone else in a game, competition, or election: · He’s still fifty seconds ahead of his nearest rival.· A week before the election, they were still ahead in the polls.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Dan gave a yell of delight when Larsson scored.
to gain a victory or success after a difficult struggletriumph over Dan gave a yell of delight when Larsson scored. In the end, good shall triumph over evil.► see thesaurus at wintriumph2 verbtriumph1 noun
triumphtri‧umph1 /ˈtraɪəmf/ ●●○ noun WORD ORIGINtriumph1
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French triumphe, from Latin triumphusEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a cry of triumph
- Arsenal's recent League Cup triumph.
- Despite many local triumphs, their party stands little chance of winning a national election.
- Mary's final triumph was to see both of her boys go to college.
- A fine sweat was beading his forehead but there was a grin of triumph on his face.
- As the newlyweds settled into the four-hour trip, the excitement of triumph over family disapproval receded.
- If it is confirmed by longer and larger clinical trials, this will rightly be hailed as a scientific triumph.
- In 167 he celebrated a three-day triumph.
- It is a triumph of aspiration and worship, salvation and conscience, over the compulsions of the flesh.
- It would have been nice to stay with her, glory in her triumphs, he there to cushion her defeats.
- The evidence that Halloween is big is everywhere, beginning with its commercial triumph.
- The Government Commission was established here in triumph, and sank here into obscurity.
THESAURUS
noun [countable, uncountable] a situation in which you win a battle, game, election, or dispute: · The crowds celebrated Italy’s victory against England.· The party won a comfortable victory in the general election.· We’re very confident of victory.
noun [countable] a victory in a sports game or in a competition: · It was an important win for the Yankees.· A couple from London are celebrating a big lottery win.
noun [countable] written an important victory, especially in war or politics: · Thatcher’s greatest triumph was becoming the UK’s first female prime minister.
noun [countable] a situation in which one country wins a war against another country and takes control of it: · the Spanish conquest of Mexico· Caesar is well-known for his military conquests.
noun [countable] an election victory in which one party or candidate gets far more votes than their opponents: · In 1945, there was a Labour landslide.
especially British English, cakewalk American English noun [countable] informal a very easy victory: · The match was expected to be a walkover for Brazil.
noun [countable] a situation in which the person, team, party etc that was expected to win is defeated: · Truman pulled off the greatest election upset in United States history.
Longman Language Activatorwhen someone wins when a country, player, team etc wins a battle, game, race etc: · The crowds were celebrating Italy's victory.· We're very confident of victory.· victory celebrationsvictory over/against: · Their 2-1 victory over the Australians was completely unexpected.win a victory: · He had won a comfortable victory in the general election.
when a team or player wins in a sport or competition - used especially in news reports: · It was an important win for Manchester United.· A couple from London are celebrating a big lottery win.win over/against: · a 2-0 win over their oldest rivals
written an important victory after a long, difficult struggle, especially in war or politics: · Despite many local triumphs, their party stands little chance of winning a national election.· Arsenal's recent League Cup triumph.
a victory, especially in a series of games, fights etc: · With such a strong team, France are heading for certain success.· their fourth success in a row
a victory in which one country wins a war against another country and takes control of it: · The palace was built in Cordoba, Spain, following the Arab conquest.· The Roman legions left, opening the way for the conquest of the British Isles by the Germanic tribes.
informal a situation in which someone wins very easily, especially in a sport, because they are much better than the people they are playing against: · If they were expecting this game to be a walkover, they were very wrong.
when one party or candidate gets far more votes than their opponents in an election: · The newspapers were predicting a landslide for Thatcher.by a landslide: · He was re-elected in 1984 by a landslide.landslide victory: · Few people had expected Labour's landslide victory in 1945.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Winning the championship is a great personal triumph. a tremendous diplomatic triumph for FranceCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Dan gave a yell of delight when Larsson scored.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1[countable] an important victory or success after a difficult struggle: Winning the championship is a great personal triumph. a tremendous diplomatic triumph for France Dan gave a yell of delight when Larsson scored.· The nineteenth and twentieth centuries saw the final triumph of scientific medicine under male control.· There was, as we have said before, no final triumph for puritanism.· In one way, the novel is a final triumph of realism, representing character more inwardly and intimately than ever previously.· After killing her former friend, she is ready for her final triumph but instead is killed by his riding whip.
· The cracks were already beginning to show at the moment of their greatest triumph.· Beachey moved on to greater triumphs.· It was an even greater triumph of engineering.· At this time, it was great triumph for me to find that Rachel could bear her beloved Jacob no children.· The stadium was the scene of his greatest triumph - the World Cup final of 1966.· For Mountbatten it was unquestionably a great personal triumph.
· It was Nicol's first major triumph in such a tournament and I was pleased for him.· Reagan personally saw it as a major triumph.· Their reception was middling but this was a major triumph.
· He felt as if he was on the brink of the greatest personal triumph of his life.· It was also an undoubted personal and political triumph for Margaret Thatcher.· That first time had been a personal triumph, a great adventure.· His own position has been greatly strengthened and the election has been a personal triumph for him.· For Mountbatten it was unquestionably a great personal triumph.· For Davenport it represented a personal triumph, following the miserable time he endured while with Boro.· It was a personal triumph for the Liverpool skipper, even if it left Birmingham boss Trevor Francis in tears.· My congratulations are of course extended to Virginia Bottomley on her personal triumph and her weekend elevation to the Cabinet.
· It was also an undoubted personal and political triumph for Margaret Thatcher.· Robert Kennedy was assassinated in the kitchen following his greatest political triumph.· Mr Heseltine may well count this a political triumph.· So why is the Government not building on this political triumph?
· The latter part of the thirties saw small triumphs amidst a larger failure.· She listened to the stories of small triumphs brought back from the dances.· So any small triumph by the cook-of-the-day was appreciated by the rest of us.· However, mingling with that frustration was a small feeling of triumph.· It builds on what it has done well, drawing strength from small triumphs and symptoms of gradual improvement.· She moved around the font into the chapel and at once gave a small cry of triumph.· Chosen her as she sat drinking tea and eating chocolate biscuits and enjoying her small triumph.
· Therein lay the seed of ultimate triumph.
NOUN· However, in 1933 he coached Britain to a Davis Cup triumph.· The Arsenal machine had been perfected, and the 1930 Cup triumph was to usher in a glorious future.· Despite appointing a succession of managers his only return has been one League Cup triumph.
VERB· Meanwhile we have the jubilant pictures of Hillary Clinton celebrating her husband's triumph in which she has played no small part.· Memorial monuments usually celebrate triumphs rather than the state's decimation of cultures and peoples.· It was also in the Celtic countries that Romanization celebrated its most truculent triumph.· In 167 he celebrated a three-day triumph.· It celebrates not a triumph over the struggle for existence, but a catastrophe.
· The surprise payment was hailed as a triumph by the receivers of the Belfast car company which collapsed ten years ago.· If it is confirmed by longer and larger clinical trials, this will rightly be hailed as a scientific triumph.· The popular press hailed this triumph of law over anarchic visions of order.· The birth is being hailed as a triumph for the zoo's breeding programme.
· Can United repeat their 1999 Euro triumph?· Kramer was never able to repeat his triumphs of those earlier decades.
· For Davenport it represented a personal triumph, following the miserable time he endured while with Boro.· Materialism represents the triumph of theory over experience.· But his elevation represented the triumph of the cronies over the men the Alsops favored.
· In the battle that followed the Chaos Hordes were defeated and Magnus returned home in triumph.· I had seen the march of feudal armies, the victors returning in triumph, captive princes led past in chains.· Charles returned in great triumph, indisputable King of Aquitaine.
Winning the championship is a great personal triumph.triumph for a tremendous diplomatic triumph for Francetriumph over the triumph over hardship► see thesaurus at victory2[uncountable] a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you get from victory or success: a shout of triumphin triumph He rode in triumph to the Tsar.3[singular] a very successful example of somethingtriumph of The gallery is a triumph of design.