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# triumph

«triumph» in Mova's school dictionary: **a great victory or success: the concert was a triumph** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a triumph, triumphs; triumph — uncountable); verb (triumph, triumphs, triumphed, triumphing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A triumph is a great victory or success: the concert was a triumph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#m1)

2) Triumph is the great joy or pride you feel when you win or succeed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#m2)

3) To triumph is to win, succeed or beat something difficult: good triumphs over evil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#m3)

4) (history) In ancient Rome, a triumph was a grand parade through the city to honour a winning general. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Stories: a story often ends with the hero's triumph; «good triumphs over evil» is a common theme. History: Roman triumphs; the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Everyday: «a triumph of teamwork». Phrases: «in triumph», «triumph over», «a shout of triumph».

### examples

- The school play was a triumph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#x1)
- She raised the cup in triumph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#x2)
- Good triumphed over evil in the end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#x3)
- Climbing the mountain was a personal triumph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#x4)
- He gave a shout of triumph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#x5)
- The Roman general rode through the city in a triumph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#x6)
- They triumphed against the odds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#x7)
- It was his hour of triumph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#x8)

### note

Said «TRY-umf». Adjectives: triumphant (feeling or showing triumph), triumphal (to celebrate a triumph: a triumphal arch). Spelling: ph sounds like f.

### In the corpora

- [O my God, in Thee have I trusted, let me not be ashamed; let not mine enemies triumph over me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.360/)
- [By this I know that Thou delightest in me, that mine enemy doth not triumph over me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.685/)
- [O clap your hands, all ye peoples; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.772/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «triumph» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.