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/ |
- 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 ExamplesTopics Successc2- She was confident that she would ultimately triumph over adversity.
- Tomorrow we will face the enemy and will triumph.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- eventually
- finally
- ultimately
- …
- over
- triumph over adversity
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.Want to learn more?
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