A triumph is a great success or achievement, often one that has been gained with a lot of skill or effort. The championships proved to be a personal triumph for the coach, Dave Donovan Cataract operations are a triumph of modern surgery, with a success rate of more than 90 percent
A word formed from thriambos, the Dionysiac hymn Some have assigned the origin of triumphal processions to the mythic pomps of Dionysus, after his conguests in the East, the very word triumph being the Dionysiac hymn - Pater: Marius the Epiourean, chap xii Trivet Right as a trivet (See Right )
If someone or something triumphs, they gain complete success, control, or victory, often after a long or difficult struggle. All her life, Kelly had stuck with difficult tasks and challenges, and triumphed The whole world looked to her as a symbol of good triumphing over evil. to gain a victory or success after a difficult struggle triumph over. Ancient Roman ritual procession honouring a general who had won a major battle and killed at least 5,000 of the enemy. Senators and magistrates were followed by sacrificial animals, captured loot, and captives in chains. The general, in a purple-and-gold tunic, rode in a chariot, holding a laurel branch in his right hand and an ivory sceptre in his left, while a slave held a golden crown over his head. Lastly came the soldiers, who sang songs. Under the empire only the emperor and members of his family celebrated triumphs
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[ME triumphe, fr L triumphus; cf Gk thriambos Dionysiac procession] n 1 : the act of being victorious 2 : a significant success v 3 : to gain a victory 4 : to be successful