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Definition of triumph verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

triumph

verb
 
/ˈtraɪʌmf/
 
/ˈtraɪʌmf/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they triumph
 
/ˈtraɪʌmf/
 
/ˈtraɪʌmf/
he / she / it triumphs
 
/ˈtraɪʌmfs/
 
/ˈtraɪʌmfs/
past simple triumphed
 
/ˈtraɪʌmft/
 
/ˈtraɪʌmft/
past participle triumphed
 
/ˈtraɪʌmft/
 
/ˈtraɪʌmft/
-ing form triumphing
 
/ˈtraɪʌmfɪŋ/
 
/ˈtraɪʌmfɪŋ/
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  1. triumph (over somebody/something) to defeat somebody/something; to be successful
    • As is usual in this kind of movie, good triumphs over evil in the end.
    • France triumphed 3–0 in the final.
    Extra Examples
    • She was confident that she would ultimately triumph over adversity.
    • Tomorrow we will face the enemy and will triumph.
    Topics Successc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • eventually
    • finally
    • ultimately
    preposition
    • over
    phrases
    • triumph over adversity
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French triumphe (noun), from Latin triump(h)us, probably from Greek thriambos ‘hymn to Bacchus’ (the Greek god). Current senses of the verb date from the early 16th cent.
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