(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ 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 ~ for the coach, Dave Donovan...
Cataract operations are a ~ of modern surgery, with a success rate of more than 90 percent...
N-VAR
2.
Triumph is a feeling of great satisfaction and pride resulting from a success or victory.
Her sense of ~ was short-lived...
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If someone or something ~s, 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 ~ed...
The whole world looked to her as a symbol of good ~ing over evil.
VERB: V, V over n