TOP

Definition of jubilant adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

jubilant

adjective
 
/ˈdʒuːbɪlənt/
 
/ˈdʒuːbɪlənt/
jump to other results
  1. feeling or showing great happiness because of a success
    • The fans were in jubilant mood after the victory.
    Topics Successc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryJubilant is used with these nouns:
    • mood
    See full entry
    Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally in the sense ‘making a joyful noise’): from Latin jubilant- ‘calling, hallooing’, from the verb jubilare, used by Christian writers to mean ‘shout for joy’.
See jubilant in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
halfway
adverb
 
 
From the Word list
Oxford 5000
C1
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day