Definition of Triumph

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Triumph

A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.

Hence, any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant.

A state of joy or exultation for success.

Success causing exultation; victory; conquest; as, the triumph of knowledge.

A trump card; also, an old game at cards.

To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation.

To obtain victory; to be successful; to prevail.

To be prosperous; to flourish.

To play a trump card.

To obtain a victory over; to prevail over; to conquer. Also, to cause to triumph.

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Triumph Quotations

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life.
Ronald Reagan

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.
John F. Kennedy

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Nelson Mandela

For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
Hunter S. Thompson

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
Thomas Paine

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.
Voltaire

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.
George Orwell

Conquer, but don't triumph.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
Og Mandino

Television is the triumph of machine over people.
Fred Allen

Triumph Translations

triumph in Dutch is zegevieren, zegepralen, triomferen
triumph in French is triomphe, triomphal
triumph in German is Triumph, Triumph, triumphiere
triumph in Latin is triumphus
triumph in Portuguese is triunfo
triumph in Spanish is triunfo
triumph in Swedish is triumfera, triumf

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