trophy
To adorn with trophiesTo adorn (someone) with trophies.
» She presented him with the trophy.
Sie überreichte ihm die Trophäe. — Dejo
Sie hat ihm die Trophäe überreicht. — Dejo
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2 senses(transitive)To adorn (someone) with trophies.
(intransitive)To win a trophy in a competition.
Examples
72 sentencesShe presented him with the trophy.
deSie überreichte ihm die Trophäe. — Dejo
Winning the trophy made me happy.
Tom was standing near the trophy case.
Tom has won the trophy three times.
Tom is standing near the trophy case.
Origin
From Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum (“a sign of victory, a monument”), tropaeFrom Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum (“a sign of victory, a monument”), tropaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (trópaion, “monument of an enemy's defeat”), from neuter of τροπαῖος (tropaîos, “of defeat”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “a rout, a turning of an enemy”). Doublet of tropæum.
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Forms
trophies, trophying, trophied, trophiedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.