grail
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8.8
- noun
- /ɡreɪl/
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Santo Grial
- Many scientists consider finding a cure for cancer as the ultimate grail of medical research.
- the holy grail
It is still the gold seal Holy Grail of anti ageing ingredients.
- It is still the gold seal Holy Grail of anti ageing ingredients.
- This is definitely my Holy Grail go to without fail lipstick.
- But in any case, that is the Holy Grail of investing, OK?
- The search for the Holy Grail in a sense, that's what you're doing.
- And yeah, let me know your Holy Grail skin care product.
- So boy brow, it's my new Holy Grail.
- Opening a Zara box is like finding the Holy Grail.
- So when we, when we get to that point of gnosis, that's, that's where the grail is, you know, that's the grail, right.
- Like it's not like a Holy Grail number of celebrations.
- Like that's like the Holy Grail for so many people.
- So you're not caught in somebody else's, you know, grail slavery or something like that.
- This is my Holy Grail foundation that is a drug store.
- Last two here before the Holy Grail of all of them.
Examples
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Pursuing grand theory has always proven to be like chasing the holy grail.
Academic text (1994) -
If education has a silver bullet, a holy grail, then this is it.
Blog text (26) -
So the Holy Grail in my world view is to build a whole heart.
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The holy grail of Christmas gifts.
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Every man has to go after his own holy grail.
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But in any case, that is the Holy Grail of investing, OK?
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This is the holy grail of comic books.
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Clean coal may be the biggest holy grail in the hunt to address climate change.
Blog text (10) -
A fantastic work-life balance is arguably the holy grail of the modern working man or woman.
Blog text (8) -
The managers are gods, the players the disciples, and the European Cup, the holy grail.
Synonyms
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1.0
A result a person or group plans to achieve
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1.6
A goal a person or group tries to reach
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2.6
The goal someone wants to reach
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7.2
A thing people try hard to find or achieve as the main goal
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Grail is also used to mean an 'ultimate goal' because in the stories knights spent years searching for the holy cup as the greatest prize. So today calling something a grail means it is the most important, hard-to-reach aim someone wants.