triumph
noun [C or U] /ˈtraɪ.əmf/Definition
C1 a very great success, achievement, or victory (= when you win a war, fight, or competition), or a feeling of great satisfaction or pleasure caused by this: The book celebrates the hostages' remarkable triumph over appalling adversity. The signing of the agreement was a personal triumph for the prime minister. It was the Republican Party's third election triumph in a row. The eradication of smallpox by vaccination was one of medicine's greatest triumphs. The constitutional changes have been hailed as a triumph for democracy. The match ended in triumph for the French team. He returned in triumph from the sales with a half-price stereo system.Success and achievementsHigher and lower points of achievementFailures
(Definition of triumph noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Abstaining and refraining
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- Becoming better
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- Competing and contending (non-sporting)
- Coping and not coping
- Delaying and wasting time
- Describing the leading position
- Efficient and effective
- Expressions telling people to hurry up
- Failing and doing badly
- Failures
- Getting involved for one's own benefit or against others' will
- Hesitating
- Higher and lower points of achievement
- Hurrying and doing things quickly
- Making progress and advancing
- Making things better
- Performing a function
- Potential
- Reacting and responding
- Repeating an action
- Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
- Successful (things or people)
- Surpassing in quality or number
- Taking part and getting involved
- Trying and making an effort
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- Waiting
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Synonyms and related words:
- a feather in your cap idiom
- a narrow squeak idiom
- a roaring success idiom
- accomplishment noun
- achievement noun
- blinder noun (GOOD PERFORMANCE)
- boom noun (PERIOD OF GROWTH)
- escapade noun
- every dog has its day idiom
- feat noun
- fruition noun
- have sth under your belt idiom
- magnum opus noun
- masterpiece noun
- pass noun (EXAM RESULT)
- perform/work miracles/a miracle idiom
- prospect noun (POSSIBILITY)
- quantum leap noun
- sellout noun (ALL SOLD)
- success noun
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