adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a crushing/resounding defeat (= a complete defeat, by a very large amount )
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He quit as Prime Minister following a crushing defeat in regional elections.
a resounding/outstanding/spectacular success (= very great success )
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Financially, the event was a resounding success.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
success
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If it comes close to matching the Braehead competition, then it will be a resounding success .
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The organisers claimed the conference was a resounding success .
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They achieved an immediate and resounding success .
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This appeal proved a resounding success .
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On the other hand, others have described the issue as a resounding success as all the shares were sold.
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By 1880 there were about a thousand hotels in the scheme which proved a resounding success .
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They achieved resounding success , shouting psalms on the battlefield and when marching.
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It is clear from everyone I asked to comment that I was not alone in thinking the evening was a resounding success .
victory
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The outcome - a resounding victory for the home team, not that they appeared particularly surprised.
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As is well known, the Battle of El Alamein was a resounding victory and established Montgomery's reputation.
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The Batde of Toba-Fushimi was a resounding victory for the imperial troops which, though outnumbered, were better equipped.
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The result was a resounding victory for the regime and for its new Constitution.
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Significantly, at press conferences after the judgment both sides claimed the result as a resounding victory .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her remarks were met with resounding cheers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By 1880 there were about a thousand hotels in the scheme which proved a resounding success.
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If it comes close to matching the Braehead competition, then it will be a resounding success.
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The answer has to be a resounding no.
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The embassage had a trumpeter, and he blew a resounding flourish.
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The papers screamed superlatives, and La Scala, sulking after a resounding flop with Don Carlos, scowled and spat.
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There are times when they almost entirely break surface and re-enter the water with a resounding slap of their tails.
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They were shattered by the sudden incursion of a resounding bass voice which broke into song.
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This was the one resounding defeat of Charlemagne's campaigns, recorded in the ninth-century life of the king by Eginhard.