word-vault/dist/data/cards/tr/triumph.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "triumph",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a great success, achievement or victory",
            "sensetop": "triumph over somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "one of the greatest triumphs of modern science"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a personal triumph over her old rival.",
                    "contextForm": "triumph over somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hollywood's favourite actor was modest about his latest triumph."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team enjoyed a memorable triumph last night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "their recent triumph against Brazil"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The union scored a triumph in negotiating a minimum wage within the industry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They hailed the signing of the agreement as a major diplomatic triumph."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the triumph of the human spirit"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The birth of the red panda cub is being hailed as a triumph for the zoo's breeding programme."
                },
                {
                    "text": "triumph against seemingly insuperable odds"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "major", "real"],
                "verb + triumph": ["score", "hail something as", "see something as"],
                "preposition": ["in triumph", "triumph against", "triumph for"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a/​somebody’s moment of triumph",
                    "a sense of triumph",
                    "a/​somebody’s triumph over adversity"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the feeling of great pleasure or joy that you get from a great success or victory",
            "sensetop": "in triumph",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a shout of triumph"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The winning team returned home in triumph.",
                    "contextForm": "in triumph"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘I’ve done it,’ she thought with a sweet sense of triumph."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This was her moment of triumph."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "major", "real"],
                "verb + triumph": ["score", "hail something as", "see something as"],
                "preposition": ["in triumph", "triumph against", "triumph for"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a/​somebody’s moment of triumph",
                    "a sense of triumph",
                    "a/​somebody’s triumph over adversity"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an excellent example of how successful something can be",
            "sensetop": "a triumph (of something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her arrest was a triumph of international cooperation."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtraɪʌmf/",
                "audio": "tr/triumph/triumph__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtraɪʌmf/",
                "audio": "tr/triumph/triumph__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French triumphe (noun), from Latin triump(h)us, probably from Greek thriambos ‘hymn to Bacchus’ (the Greek god). Current senses of the verb date from the early 16th cent."
}