jubilation

ju·bi·la·tion

(jo͞o′bə-lā′shən)

a. The act of rejoicing.

b. The condition or feeling of being jubilant.

2. A celebration or other expression of joy.

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jubilation

(ˌdʒuːbɪˈleɪʃən)

a feeling of great joy and celebration

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ju•bi•la•tion

(ˌdʒu bəˈleɪ ʃən)

n.

1. a feeling of or the expression of joy or exultation.

2. the act of rejoicing or jubilating.

3. a joyful or festive celebration.

[1350–1400; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin jūbilātiō wild shouting =jūbilā(re) (see jubilant) + -tiō -tion]

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Noun	1.	jubilation - a feeling of extreme joy exultation, jubilance, jubilancy joy, joyfulness, joyousness - the emotion of great happiness triumph - the exultation of victory
	2.	jubilation - a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event celebration social function, social occasion, occasion, affair, function - a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"
	3.	jubilation - the utterance of sounds expressing great joy exultation, rejoicing utterance, vocalization - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

jubilation

noun joy, triumph, celebration, excitement, ecstasy, jubilee, festivity, elation, jamboree, exultation His resignation was greeted by jubilation on the streets of Sofia.

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jubilation

noun

The act or condition of feeling an uplifting joy over a success or victory:

exultance, exultancy, exultation, jubilance, triumph.

Translations

إبْتِهاج، تَهْليل

jásotprovolávání slávy

jubeltriumf

Jubel

πανηγυρισμός

allégresse réjouissances

sigurgleîi

giubilo

-jubel seiersrus

jubilação

neşe sevinçzafer sarhoşluğu

庆祝欢庆

jubilation

[ˌdʒuːbɪˈleɪʃən] N → júbilo m

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jubilation

[ˌdʒuːbɪˈleɪʃ^ən] n → jubilation f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

jubilation

n → Jubel m; a cause for jubilation → ein Grund zum Jubel; a mood of jubilation → eine triumphale Stimmung

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jubilation

[ˌdʒuːbɪˈleɪʃ/ən] n (emotion) → giubilo
she was full of jubilation at the news of her win → esultò quando seppe di aver vinto

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jubilant

(ˈdʒuːbilənt) adjective

showing and expressing triumphant joy. Jubilant crowds welcomed the victorious team home.

ˈjubilantly adverb

ˌjubiˈlation (-ˈlei-) noun

(sometimes in plural) (triumphant) rejoicing. There was great jubilation over the victory; The jubilations went on till midnight.

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And Ahab, he too was standing on his quarter-deck, shaggy and black, with a stubborn gloom; and as the two ships crossed each other's wakes --one all jubilations for things passed, the other all forebodings as to things to come --their two captains in themselves impersonated the whole striking contrast of the scene.

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According to police, groom Asad Ali and his six friends including Zafar Iqbal and Nasrullah started firing in jubilation. A stray bullet hit a guest named Sabir Hussain in head, killing him on the spot.