American English pronunciation
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IPA transcription: [p'ɹaɪd]
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Noun
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a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
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satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements
“he takes pride in his son's success”
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the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards
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a group of lions
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unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Verb
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be proud of
“He prides himself on making it into law school”
Usage examples
- Pride cometh before a fall.
- Pride cometh before a fall.
- Sayaka swallows her pride and accepts her loss and calls a retreat.
- Timon takes this saying literally and observes Pride Rock in the distance.
- I think I sprained my pride.
- We pride ourselves in completing all requests in less than twenty four hours.
- After high school, Curtis Pride attended the College of William and Mary.
- A crowd of people surrounding a float carrying men waving a gay pride flag.
- Nannini survived the crash with little more than bruised pride.
- The locomotives were named "Spirit of Saint Jacobs" and "Pride of Waterloo".