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Definition: Meaning of, pride in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / prʌɪd /

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pride prides
  1. feeling of pleasure [uncountable] a feeling that you are proud of something that you or someone connected with you has achieved [↪  proud]
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  2. respect [uncountable] a feeling that you like and respect yourself and that you deserve to be respected by other people [↪  proud]
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  3. too much pride [uncountable] a belief that you are better than other people and do not need their help or support [↪  proud]
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  4. take pride in your work/appearance etc to do something very carefully and well, in a way that gives you a lot of satisfaction
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  5. somebody's pride and joy a person or thing that someone is very proud of
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  6. the pride of something the thing or person that the people in a particular place are most proud of
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  7. the pride of something the best thing in a group
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  8. have/take pride of place if something has or takes pride of place, it is put in the best place for people to see because it is the thing you are most proud of
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  9. lions [countable] a group of lions
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
pride prided prided
Present Participle Third Person Singular
priding prides
  1. pride yourself on (doing) something to be especially proud of something that you do well, or of a good quality that you have
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pride used in phrases

  • Barbados pride (noun)
    1. east Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
  • Gay Pride
    1. a political movement that began in the U.S. and encourages GAY people to be open about the fact that they are GAY and to be proud of themselves
  • Pride and Prejudice
    1. (1813) a novel by Jane AUSTEN about Mr and Mrs Bennet and their daughters. The most important characters are Elizabeth Bennet, a clever and amusing young woman, and the rich, attractive Mr DARCY, who finally realize that they love each other, although previously Elizabeth thought that DARCY was too proud, and he thought that she disliked him without any good reason. The first sentence of Pride and Prejudice is one of the most famous sentences in English literature: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife".
  • civic pride (noun)
    1. pride in your city
  • mountain pride (noun)
    1. mat-forming plant with deep pink flowers on short erect leafy stems; rocky places at high elevations from Oregon to California
  • pride of Bolivia (noun)
    1. semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental
  • pride of California (noun)
    1. shrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
  • pride of barbados (noun)
    1. tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
  • pride of place (noun)
    1. the first or highest or most important or most ostentatious place
  • pride oneself (verb)
    1. feel proud of
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