- pride
- [[t]pra͟ɪd[/t]]
♦♦♦prides, priding, prided1) N-UNCOUNT: oft N in n/ing Pride is a feeling of satisfaction which you have because you or people close to you have done something good or possess something good.
...the sense of pride in a job well done...
We take pride in offering you the highest standards...
They can look back on their endeavours with pride.
2) N-UNCOUNT Pride is a sense of the respect that other people have for you, and that you have for yourself.Davis had to salvage his pride...
It was a severe blow to Kendall's pride.
Syn:3) N-UNCOUNT (disapproval) Someone's pride is the feeling that they have that they are better or more important than other people.His pride may still be his downfall.
Syn:arrogance4) VERB If you pride yourself on a quality or skill that you have, you are very proud of it.[V pron-refl on -ing/n] Smith prides himself on being able to organise his own life...
[V pron-refl on -ing/n] Doyle prides himself on his accuracy.
5) N-COUNT: usu N of n A pride of lions is a group of lions that live together.6) PHRASE: v-link PHR Someone or something that is your pride and joy is very important to you and makes you feel very happy.The bike soon became his pride and joy.
7) PHRASE: PHR after v If something takes pride of place, it is treated as the most important thing in a group of things.A three-foot-high silver World Championship cup takes pride of place near a carved wooden chair...
The manifesto gives pride of place to job creation.
8) PHRASE: V inflects If you swallow your pride, you decide to do something even though you think it will cause you to lose some respect.No doubt his old mother would now swallow her pride and go and live with Gladys.
English dictionary. 2008.
