- glory
- noun1 fame/honourADJECTIVE▪ personal▪
They are driven by a craving for personal glory.
▪ reflected▪She basked in the reflected glory of her daughter's success.
▪ greater▪The force behind all his reforms was the greater glory of the state.
▪ military▪young soldiers eager to win military glory
VERB + GLORY▪ cover yourself in, cover yourself with, get, win▪He covered himself in glory and came home a rich man.
▪Typical! I do all the work and she gets all the glory. (informal)
▪ bring (sb)▪Victory brought them glory, fame and riches.
▪ bask in▪ steal, take▪I didn't want to steal her glory, so I stayed in the background.
GLORY + NOUN▪ days▪Quarterman's glory days are long behind him.
▪We remember the team's glory days in the 1960s, when they won the World Cup.
PREPOSITION▪ for the glory of, to the glory of▪They built many churches, great and small, to the glory of God.
PHRASES▪ a blaze of glory▪It's my last ever tournament and I hope to go out in a blaze of glory!
▪ sb's moment of glory▪His moment of glory came when he won the Olympic downhill skiing event.
2 beauty/beautiful featureADJECTIVE▪ full▪You cannot appreciate the bridge's full glory by going over it; it is best viewed from below.
▪ crowning▪The city's crowning glory is its Gothic cathedral.
PHRASES▪ in all her, his, etc. glory▪Seeing the Rockies in all their glory was an awesome experience.
▪ restore sth to its former glory▪The 18th-century building has been restored to its former glory.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
