{
    "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."
}