Meaning & use
eureka
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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