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# triumph

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

«triumph» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A triumph is a great victory or success: the concert was a triumph. [tree →](https://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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#m4)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#x1)
- She raised the cup in triumph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#x2)
- Good triumphed over evil in the end. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#x3)
- Climbing the mountain was a personal triumph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#x4)
- He gave a shout of triumph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#x5)
- The Roman general rode through the city in a triumph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#x6)
- They triumphed against the odds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/#x7)
- It was his hour of triumph. [tree →](https://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 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/triumph/#x1)
- By this I know that Thou delightest in me, that mine enemy doth not triumph over me. (Writings PSA.41.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/triumph/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/triumph/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «triumph» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triumph/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«triumph» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/triumph.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «triumph» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/triumph/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«triumph» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/triumph.html) on Mova free.