MEANING
To feel or express great joy, especially over success.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- exult in victory
- exult over success
On the page
The crew exulted when the beacon finally answered.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- exult
- Past tense
- exulted
- Past participle
- exulted
- Present participle
- exulting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- exult
- Present continuous
- am/is/are exulting
- Present perfect
- have/has exulted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been exulting
- Past
- exulted
- Past continuous
- was/were exulting
- Past perfect
- had exulted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been exulting
- Future
- will exult
- Future continuous
- will be exulting
- Future perfect
- will have exulted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been exulting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: exult; exults; exulted; exulted; exulting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: exults.
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