triumph

Everyday

1. A triumph is a great victory or success: the concert was a triumph. tree →
2. Triumph is the great joy or pride you feel when you win or succeed. tree →
3. To triumph is to win, succeed or beat something difficult: good triumphs over evil. tree →
4. (history) In ancient Rome, a triumph was a grand parade through the city to honour a winning general. tree →

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 →
• She raised the cup in triumph. tree →
• Good triumphed over evil in the end. tree →
• Climbing the mountain was a personal triumph. tree →
• He gave a shout of triumph. tree →
• The Roman general rode through the city in a triumph. tree →
• They triumphed against the odds. tree →
• It was his hour of triumph. tree →

Note

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

In Jewish tradition

Joy and shouting for victory. In the psalms it is used for the shout of praise to God, and also for the short-lived gloating of the wicked over others.

Interpretation. Tradition reads God's victory as the true triumph. The wicked's triumph is brief, since justice finally comes.

Examples

• O clap your hands, all ye peoples; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. (Writings PSA.47.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• By this I know that Thou delightest in me, that mine enemy doth not triumph over me. (Writings PSA.41.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment? (Writings JOB.20.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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