glory
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈɡlɔːri/
- There is no shortcut to glory.
- honor and glory
- past glories
- fame and glory
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Watch on YouTubeYou grow from the reflected glory of your people.
- You grow from the reflected glory of your people.
- I know now, Sabala, that glory is nothing.
- He will not be able to pull out all of the glory that is in Tesla.
- Had back then in the glory days had a Butler?
- And he said they were mine, and that was my glory, even when it was bad.
- There's another really great story, The Crime and Glory of Commander Sudsall.
- It's the word that we get vain glory from Canodoxia.
- So if he were trying to make his life about his glory in that.
Examples
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Our golden age, our age of glory and splendor lies before us.
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They fight for glory, aspiring to be recognized for their valor and honor.
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You have to share the glory with them of building a great company.
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The managers want more power and glory for themselves.
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You grow from the reflected glory of your people.
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The desire for some kind of glory, to cut some kind of dash in the world, played a part.
Academic text (2011) -
They fight for glory, for family, for their culture.
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We shall win the true crown of glory like the knights of old.
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You've been getting all the glory all year with your games and your trophies.
Fiction book (1990) -
We'd always been so proud of our ancestors' military glories, and now to fall so low!
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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1.0
Being known by many people for something you did
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3.4
Public praise for someone's achievement or effort
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5.1
High respect and admiration that people give for success or power
65
5.3
Praise and respect people give for doing something well
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4.6
An honor that rewards very good work or success
29
4.2
Praise given to someone in public for an achievement
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5.5
Wide fame and respect for someone's work or good qualities
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6.0
An honor given for an important achievement
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8.6
Great fame and respect for doing important work
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Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.8
A group of climbing flowering plants with trumpet-shaped flowers like sweet potato and bindweed
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6.5
A climbing plant with pink or white funnel-shaped flowers that often grows as a weed
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8.9
A low plant with long stems and large flowers that grows on sandy beaches
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4.0
A fast-growing climbing plant with funnel-shaped flowers that open in the morning
- Specialized
A Japanese garden plant people grow for large bright multicolored flowers and pretty leaves
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Etymology
The word glory comes from the Latin word gloria, meaning 'fame' or 'praise', the same root you see in glorious. So when someone seeks or wins glory, they seek great honor and public praise.