triumph

Definitions


[ˈtrʌɪʌmf], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a great victory or achievement
(e.g: a garden built to celebrate Napoleon's many triumphs)

- the processional entry of a victorious general into ancient Rome


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French triumphe (noun), from Latin triump(h)us, probably from Greek thriambos ‘hymn to Bacchus’. Current senses of the verb date from the early 16th century


[ˈtrʌɪʌmf], (Verb)

Definitions:
- achieve a victory; be successful
(e.g: spectacle has once again triumphed over content)

- (of a Roman general) ride into ancient Rome after a victory


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French triumphe (noun), from Latin triump(h)us, probably from Greek thriambos ‘hymn to Bacchus’. Current senses of the verb date from the early 16th century




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