{
    "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’."
}