glory

CEFRB2

/ˈɡlɔː.ɹi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Great honor, praise, or beauty.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.

Examples

  • Our soccer team was covered in glory.

  • Stop clinging to your glory days, or you'll be left behind.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɡloɹ.i/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.

  2. Great beauty and splendor.

  3. Worship or praise.

More examples

In context

  • Olympic glory in the 100 metres

  • Down in a casement sat, A low sea-sunset glorying round her hair

  • For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so our glorying also, which I made before Titus, was found to be truth.

Synonyms

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The ancient warriors fought bravely for honor and blank in the great battle.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English glory, glorie, from Old French glorie (“glory”), from Latin glōria (“glory, fame, renown, praise, ambition, boasting”). Doublet of gloria. Displaced native Old English wuldor.