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{
"term": "glory",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "great success that brings somebody praise and honour and makes them famous",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Olympic glory in the 100 metres"
},
{
"text": "I do all the work and he gets all the glory."
},
{
"text": "She wanted to enjoy her moment of glory."
},
{
"text": "He came home a rich man, **covered in glory**."
},
{
"text": "He covered himself in glory and came home a rich man."
},
{
"text": "His moment of glory came when he won the Olympic downhill skiing event."
},
{
"text": "I didn't want to steal her glory, so I stayed in the background."
},
{
"text": "They are driven by a craving for personal glory."
},
{
"text": "Victory brought them glory, fame and riches."
},
{
"text": "young soldiers eager to win military glory"
}
],
"topics": ["Success"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["personal", "reflected", "greater"],
"verb + glory": ["cover yourself in", "cover yourself with", "get"],
"glory + noun": ["days"],
"preposition": ["for the glory of", "to the glory of"],
"phrases": ["a blaze of glory", "somebody’s moment of glory"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "praise and worship of God",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘Glory to God in the highest’"
},
{
"text": "They built many churches, great and small, to the glory of God."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "great beauty",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The city was spread out beneath us **in all its glory**."
},
{
"text": "The house has now been restored to its **former glory**."
},
{
"text": "Seeing the Rockies in all their glory was an awesome experience."
},
{
"text": "The 18th-century building has been restored to its former glory."
},
{
"text": "You cannot appreciate the bridge's full glory by going over it; it is best viewed from below."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["full", "crowning"],
"phrases": [
"in all her, his, etc. glory",
"restore something to its former glory"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "something that is beautiful, impressive, or deserves praise",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The temple is one of the glories of ancient Greece."
},
{
"text": "Her long black hair is her **crowning glory** *(= most impressive feature)*."
},
{
"text": "The city's crowning glory is its Gothic cathedral."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡlɔːri/",
"audio": "gl/glory/glory__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡlɔːri/",
"audio": "gl/glory/glory__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French glorie, from Latin gloria."
}