Meaning & use

eureka

interjection·Everyday

An exclamation of triumph or joy on discovering or solving something.

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Eureka! I finally found the bug that was crashing the program.

She shouted eureka when the missing puzzle piece turned up under the couch.

A note on using this word

Eureka comes from the ancient Greek for 'I have found it' and marks a sudden discovery or insight.

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