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{
"term": "glorious",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "deserving or bringing great success and making somebody/something famous",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We congratulate you on this glorious victory."
},
{
"text": "This is a glorious chapter in our country's history."
},
{
"text": "The film looks back at Spain’s glorious past."
}
],
"topics": ["Success"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "very beautiful and impressive",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We sat on the beach and gazed at the glorious sunset."
},
{
"text": "Both her daughters have glorious red hair."
},
{
"text": "From the bedrooms there are glorious views of the coast."
},
{
"text": "He watched the glorious hair cascade around her."
},
{
"text": "the glorious reds and browns of autumn"
}
],
"synonyms": "splendid"
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "hot, with the sun shining",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They had three weeks of glorious sunshine."
}
],
"topics": ["Weather"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "extremely pleasant",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a glorious trip to Rome"
}
],
"synonyms": "wonderful"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡlɔːriəs/",
"audio": "gl/glorious/glorious__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡlɔːriəs/",
"audio": "gl/glorious/glorious__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French glorieus, from Latin gloriosus, from gloria ‘glory’."
}