To blow a trumpet.
Used in a Sentence
trumped
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for trumped.
Editorial note
The cloned site immediately trumped our client's website in rankings and severely impacted their SEO (sales dropped drastically).
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
To blow a trumpet.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of trumped gathered in one view.
(transitive) To supersede.
(transitive) To outweigh; be stronger, greater, bigger than or in other way superior to.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for trumped.
verb
To blow a trumpet.
verb
(transitive) To supersede.
verb
(transitive) To outweigh; be stronger, greater, bigger than or in other way superior to.
verb
(transitive) To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.
Example sentences
The cloned site immediately trumped our client's website in rankings and severely impacted their SEO (sales dropped drastically).
The trumped up language by the germans and their press made it very likely to prepare such a step.
Software 'architects' were common on every team and usually doing something the 'right' way trumped shipping quickly and iterating.
The lack of space is still trumped by the a near zero commute and the cultural landscape that surrounds them.
The Funds were also victims of an environment where self-interest all too often trumped fiduciary obligations.
If fake rape charges is a downside for boys then it's not an actual downside, it's a trumped up downside.
I recently switched over to them after their UI improvements and admin trumped a previous photo hosting provider.
I, at least, feel vindicated that good old common sense appears to have trumped wild disconnection from reality caused by wealth.
They're even arresting people on trumped-up drug charges (which gets you something like 20 to life in Iran), then offers them the option of fighting in Syria.
As I said, ingest 5 dried gramms, then come to talk to me about what will get trumped in your realm of experience.
It turns out that organising a conference is quite difficult, and it's demoralising to have all your hard work trumped by some grandstanding idiot, so it's also understandable that organisers don't want to deal with political sideshows.
Flexibility & cost-reduction trumped raw performance in many use-cases.
Quote examples
Smuggling immigrants across a border is still "the illegal movement of people" and counted in the trumped up "human trafficking" statistics that are bandied about.
This will not work, but the next stage will be "cooperating" with the DoJ and filing amicus briefs in a trumped-up antitrust case.
Unfortunately, this is often trumped by the de facto "adrenaline standard".
That's especially true if any commercial dispute over reuse of true information can automatically be trumped up into a more serious 'hacking' ("access exceeding authorization") federal offense.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use trumped in a sentence?
The cloned site immediately trumped our client's website in rankings and severely impacted their SEO (sales dropped drastically).
What does trumped mean?
To blow a trumpet.
What part of speech is trumped?
trumped is commonly used as verb.