Definition of pride in English:

pride

noun prʌɪdpraɪd

mass noun

1A feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.
the faces of the children's parents glowed with pride
he takes great pride in his appearance
Example sentencesExamples
- Some people, thank goodness, take a good deal of pride and pleasure in achieving and maintaining a perfect filing system.
- I'm not suggesting that we become elitist; but there is no reason not to take pride in your achievements and to strive for the top, not just a high place.
- The pride of a big library often rests on the number of books it has, he points out.
- No one takes more pride in my achievements than my mother.
- At the launch on Tuesday headteacher Diana Morton expressed her pride at the achievement.
- Not only is there tremendous pride in Amir's achievements but dozens of youngsters want to be just like him.
- The positive tribal virtues were absolute loyalty and obedience to tribe and king, and pride in their achievements.
- Yet, for all her many achievements, it's being part of Southampton's project to establish special schools from which she derives the most professional pride.
- We usually take pride in our past achievements, without realizing the hard fact that we should get ourselves fully prepared to face new challenges.
- With the right support, we can all take pride in our achievements, whether they are in the classroom or on a playing field.
- Allow yourself to take pride in your own achievements.
- She said: ‘Everyone has a real sense of achievement and pride and I'm so proud of my small team for their hard work and commitment.’
- Pictures of the band's success adorned the windows of the cafe, which was a reflection of the family's pride in Shane's achievements with the band.
- The other man took the piece of paper and moved off, while the trader glowed with pride at having closed yet another excellent deal.
- There are others, plenty of them, but with direct ties to every team left in the race for the Super Bowl, you can see why Lenti has to be close to bursting with pride.
- He had a great sense of pride in the achievements of Saga and I am glad that he was able to be part of our celebrations and to meet many customers who wanted the opportunity to express their gratitude and respect for his work.
- It has been 50 years since the young men of the University of Texas reached the semi-finals, and a fair degree of pride has underlined their achievements.
- The driving motive force behind any country's sense of achievement and pride in its efforts must come from a focus on entrepreneurship.
- He recalls how the young woman's aim was to travel further west, to awaken a sense of pride and importance among the islanders, in their culture, language and education.
- This does not imply that he was without an acute sense of selfhood, personal vanity, or justified pride in his achievement.
Synonyms
pleasure, joy, delight, gratification, fulfilment, satisfaction, sense of achievement
comfort, content, contentment
1. 1.1 A person or thing that arouses a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction.
  the pride of the village is the swimming pool
  Example sentencesExamples
  The pride of the park's collection are the Sumatran tigers, and their enclosure has been planned to give the animals space and privacy, while offering visitors an exciting view.
  The photograph of those four fish is still one of the prides of my collection.
  Bollin Eric, the pride of Yorkshire, would be a fitting and popular winner of tomorrow's Yorkshire Cup on the third and final day of the May Festival.
  The man known as the Clones Colossus is a source of deep pride in this community.
  The pride of their Coastguard is the former River-class patrol vessel HMS Orwell, now the Essequibo.
  The pride of South Indians in their food is charming and infectious.
  The pride of Seville is the graceful 13th century Tower of Gold that guards the east bank.
  The pride of worldly success will not bring any lasting peace and can quite easily destroy a person's soul.
  The pride of the collection rightly belongs to Inter Gold, the Diamond Destination.
  The pride of the museum's collection was a figurehead from a Florentine galleon, captured by Pirates from Danzig in 1473.
  Zhou has become the pride of Shanghai and in March she was again in the limelight when the city selected her out of 771 women as one of its top 10 women pacesetters.
  The pride of the course is a parade ring with lush green grass.
  Amhersita Nobilis, popularly know as the pride of Burma, is the finest and a row of this has been planted at the main entrance.
  The pride of Attica Academy was the soccer team, and our social events revolved around them during the season.
  The Ivory Coast, the world's biggest producer of cocoa, had been the pride of France's former colonial empire for decades after independence in 1960.
  At one of the popular villas on the island, service seems the pride of the place.
  The pride of the museum is a portrait of Queen Maria Louisa made of butterflies.
  The pride of Carlow Town will come under review in 2002, when their commitment to flower power is put to the test as part of the annual Floral Pride Competition.
  The pride of Laurie Callender's motorcycle collection is that first little Mountain Goat.
  The pride of China's naval fleet, wags say, incorporates the very latest in radar-evading stealth technology, so powerful it is as if it didn't even exist.
  Synonyms
  source of satisfaction, pride and joy, darling, apple of someone's eye, treasured possession, admiration, object of admiration, joy, delight, marvel
2often with modifier Confidence and self-respect as expressed by members of a group, typically one that has been socially marginalized, on the basis of their shared identity, culture, and experience.
the bridge was lit up in rainbow colours, symbolic of LGBT pride
a celebration of Latino pride
the underlying theme of the song is black pride
1. 2.1 A public event, typically involving a parade, held to celebrate LGBT identities, culture, and experience.
  I went to pride as a teenager before I was ready to come out
3Consciousness of one's own dignity.
he swallowed his pride and asked for help
Example sentencesExamples
- My last sight of that wonderful, imposing woman and those beautiful children doing their work with pride and dignity is one I will never forget.
- It is important to take pride in ourselves, our appearance, our conduct and our work.
- It is those qualities of pride and integrity that he brings out in all of us.
- Emotions of fear, anticipation, and excitement silenced the team, as they walked with pride and dignity through the campus halls.
- But, have you ever had anyone try to make a mockery of you, try to take away your dignity, your pride, your own self-worth?
- When he finally did reach the doorway he stood in it, glancing back at the room of his child, overcome with emotions of pride, fear, hope, happiness and also, loneliness.
- I think, for the most part, they're opportunists without much dignity or pride, people who would sell out their own kind to get ahead.
- She should have been allowed to retire with dignity and pride.
- The winner is chosen more for her inner qualities, such as her charm, pride, independence, and genuine nature.
- The lead character of the King just stole the picture: his dignity and pride were evident in every frame by his natural presence on screen.
- In youth, affronts to their dignity or pride are often met with disproportionate anger, and sometimes with revenge.
- At the end of what had been a tremendous battle, with both men having given their all, Hatton had retained his title but Phillips had kept his dignity and pride.
- The Kalinka dance segment, accompanied by the popular Russian folk song and performed with flair and razor sharp precision, epitomised pride, dignity and honour.
- Through it, the Dalits have come to acquire a dignity and pride that is unprecedented, but by no means overdue.
- You can get back your pride and your dignity and your self-esteem.
- But we went down with colours flying and lost with grace, pride and dignity.
- She carried herself with pride and dignity, no matter what, and always wore clothes of the day that were very conservative.
- I know he had a poor quality of life and probably suffered a loss of dignity and pride.
- His involvement in injury management has assisted many employees to maintain dignity and pride while recovering from a work related injury.
- Here, tonight, I write to you stripped of all dignity and pride, in an unmitigated plea for help.
Synonyms
self-esteem, dignity, honour, self-respect, ego, self-worth, self-image, self-identity, self-regard, pride in oneself, pride in one's abilities, belief in one's worth, faith in oneself
French amour propre
1. 3.1 The quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself or one's importance.
  the worst sin in a ruler was pride
  Example sentencesExamples
  Except for a few bruised prides and egos, they all landed safe and sound.
  He suffers from what the Greeks called hybris, and arrogant pride characterized by a man stepping out of his proper place in the world.
  More and more skippers swallowed their prides, converted their trawlers and diversified into shellfish.
  He's a talkative guy and obviously enamored with his own film, but in my opinion, that pride is justified.
  We should allow ourselves a moment to revel in the sin of pride.
  But we should always guard against the sin of intellectual pride, which leads to ideological thinking.
  Louise and I never say sorry to each other which is strange but at least none of us has to swallow our prides.
  A heart full of false pride, vanity and arrogance has no room for wisdom, so it will remain lost in the darkness.
  The ancient Greeks had a word for it - hubris which means excessive pride, arrogance.
  St Thomas Aquinas, the medieval theologian who shaped society's thinking on the deadly sins, rated pride as the worst of all.
  Both condemn the sin of pride and its consequences.
  Aware, perhaps, that stories need interpretation, Augustine spells out the lesson about the sin of pride.
  They said it in their book, the way it used to be written: pride is a sin.
  I had committed the cardinal sin of pride and this was my punishment.
  Everyone in this facility yields to the seven deadly sins… especially pride and vanity!
  In short, I was observing that human beings are never more in danger of the sin of pride than when they are really and truly right.
  Autobiographies of overly ambitious youth relate how they were harassed by their classmates and warned against the sin of pride by the priest and nuns.
  How can we differentiate humility from excessive pride?
  Any excessive display could be construed as the sin of pride and any unnecessary revealing or emphasizing of the body could be deemed a provocation to immoral behaviour.
  Over the centuries, the church refined his list to the current seven: anger, gluttony, sloth, envy, pride, lust and greed.
  Synonyms
  arrogance, vanity, self-importance, hubris, self-conceit, conceit, conceitedness, self-love, self-glorification, self-adulation, self-admiration, narcissism, egotism, presumption, superciliousness, haughtiness, snobbery, snobbishness
  disdain, disdainfulness, condescension, pretentiousness
  French hauteur
  informal big-headedness, swollen-headedness
  literary vainglory
4literary The best state of something; the prime.
in the pride of youth
Example sentencesExamples
- Our immediate predecessors saw them in their untamed state, in the vigor of their power, and the pride of their independence.
- She was now three and twenty, in the pride of womanhood, fulfilling the precious duties of wife and mother, possessed of all her heart had ever coveted.
- But in one who often contemplates the certainty of old age, the pride of youth will either vanish entirely or will be weakened.
5count noun A group of lions forming a social unit.
the males in the pride are very tolerant towards all the cubs
Example sentencesExamples
- Up at dawn and with no one else in sight, whether we were tracking a pride of lions or examining a column of ants, every minute heralded a new experience for both of us.
- Lions live in open country, in groups known as prides, consisting of from 6 to 30 members headed by one or two mature males.
- He noted that the carnivores require vast territories and that some lion prides exist entirely outside park boundaries.
- Its scented smoke permeated the air, lending atmosphere to the bush concert almost entirely monopolised by a pride of lions giving a magnificent roaring display.
- I have filmed an angry elephant from a 10-metre distance and a pride of lions from about 20.
- We drove, we saw: a pride of lions panting in the shade by a waterhole.
- Along the mighty Rufiji River there are eleven prides of lions.
- He had never been this way, and few men would dare to go alone, for the big cats hunted in prides of ten or more, each animal weighing as much as two grown men.
- A lion pride can bring down a water buffalo, and then defend the carcass against hyenas; a lone lion is unlikely to be very lordly, or even well-fed.
- Lion prides are fission-fusion societies; pride members come and go and are rarely all together at once.
- In prides, lionesses were the ones who hunted and killed.
- Lions live in prides, family groups made up of a number of females and one or only a few male leaders.
- We estimated numbers of lions in the study area from the annual number of females in resident prides.
- Perhaps they sat on the cliff above the Ardeche River, surveying the pasture beside the Pont d' Arc, watching a pride of lions take down a large mammal.
- Why is it that you can see a pride of lions, a murder of crows, a parliament of owls, and other such delightful collective terms, but only a boring crowd of journalists, historians, and doctors?
- A national park the size of the Netherlands, renowned for its numerous prides of black-maned lions and huge herds of plains game.
- At this point Mr Hayhurst spotted a pride of lions and returned to his vehicle.
- A single buffalo distress bellow is enough to turn a docile, ruminating herd into a battalion of warriors, ready to charge and chase off an entire pride of lions.
- First in were wildebeest, zebras and giraffes, and then, after ten years, predators were introduced - two prides of lions, cheetahs and a pack of wild dogs.
- The wings of parked aircraft provide a cooling patch of shade for some of the park's many predatory animals, and prides of Lions congregate there on a regular basis.

verb prʌɪdpraɪd

pride oneself on/upon

Be especially proud of (a particular quality or skill)
he prided himself on his honesty
Example sentencesExamples
- True, she did not care much for her peers, but she always prided herself on her observation skills, and to have completely missed the fact that he was in one of her classes for two weeks already was a tad insulting.
- Burger King said in a statement: ‘We pride ourselves on the high quality of beef used in our products.’
- We pride ourselves on the high quality of our roofing services and offering competitive prices along with a good customer relationship.
- I have prided myself on the quality of my students and consider most of them lifelong friends.
- Trident prides itself on the quality of its workmanship.
- I've always prided myself on not having chest infections - something of a concern to people who use wheelchairs, or at least those who have serious upper body limitations, like I have.
- In one sense, radio was indeed an impersonal medium for him - he prided himself on his skills of mimicry and his way with accents.
- The club, which has 154 members, prides itself on the high quality of both its speakers and its food.
- I've always prided myself on not needing anyone.
- Her English teacher, Mrs. Tates, prided herself on always letting the computer randomly pick the seating assignment.
- The food is not only tasty but is an art in itself specific to the Mon people, who also pride themselves on their culinary skills down to the very minute preparation details.
- He had always prided himself on never stooping to such slang.
- We pride ourselves on producing a quality product and will do all that we can to ensure our customers have an enjoyable experience when placing an order - or just calling with a question.
- Perhaps we pride ourselves on our qualities of competence and helpfulness, or on being the child of very special parents.
- They pride themselves on the quality of their work and believe that being a small business gives them an enormous advantage over their larger competitors.
- His secret is that he works extremely hard both physically and on his skills, and prides himself on his mental toughness.
- Leitch prides himself on his consultative leadership skills and says he strives to get the balance right between being a caring boss and a demanding one.
- The friendliness and atmosphere in their pub is something they have always prided themselves on.
- The one thing I always prided myself on, besides my good looks, was my ability to control my anger and not say things that I would regret.
- Henry prides himself on the quality of his relationships, which he believes are crucial to success.
Synonyms
be proud of, be proud of oneself for, take pride in, take satisfaction in, congratulate oneself on, flatter oneself on, preen oneself on, pat oneself on the back for, revel in, glory in, delight in, exult in, rejoice in, triumph over
feel self-satisfied about, vaunt, boast about, brag about, crow about, gloat over
archaic pique oneself on/in

Phrases

one's pride and joy

A person or thing of which one is very proud.
the car was his pride and joy
Example sentencesExamples
- For many owners their leisure vehicle is their pride and joy, and we can't wait to see the amazing ways that they have developed them.
- The Old Forge is their pride and joy and to witness the detail around their house, it is easy to understand why they are so comfortable at this beautiful spot.
- His 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren were his pride and joy.
- Our garden has always been our pride and joy and we spend every weekend working in it.
- Ma, the only one in the family who managed to enter university, was their pride and joy.
- While he has produced numerous pieces over the years, including mirror frames, flowers and figurines, his pride and joy is a bed he has been working on for the past seven years.
- The luxury is a 19 ft sailing boat on Ullswater, his pride and joy.
- Secretary Martin Armitage said: ‘We will have our observatory telescope aimed at the Sun, as well as our pride and joy - a special solar filter attached to a premium refractor.’
- He had a great fondness for horse racing and bred race horses which were his pride and joy.
- The Brooklyn building, with its three studios, complete with sprung floors and walls of mirrors, is his pride and joy, and he's about to add another two studios.

pride goes (or comes) before a fall

proverb If you're too conceited or self-important, something will happen to make you look foolish.
Example sentencesExamples
- "I told: pride cometh before the fall, " Isabelle said smartly.
- He said: ‘They say pride goes before a fall and it's very true.’
- Whether pride goes before a fall, only the turbulent, testing year ahead will tell.
- "Pride cometh before a fall, Susanna, " we said in unison.
- He told Scotland on Sunday: ‘Everyone knows that pride comes before a fall, and no Prime Minister should ever take the electorate for granted.’
- Things are going well, including this week's testing, but Hislop has learned in the past that pride comes before a fall.
- But you are proud, and if pride goes before a fall, then that's where you're headed for sure.
- It is said that pride goes before a fall, but seldom does one realise that when the time comes the proud wilt and disappear.
- They say that pride comes before a fall and sure enough, after trumpeting my success at virus-hunting yesterday, the first words that greeted me at work this morning were, ‘That virus is back ’.
- I guess that's just reality - pride comes before a fall.

pride of place

The most prominent position among a group of things.
the certificate has pride of place on my wall
Example sentencesExamples
- All founding supporters will be listed in a specially designed book which will have pride of place in the Courthouse entrance.
- A two-tier white cake decorated with roses took pride of place in the centre of a low-key buffet table.
- It's understood the portraits will continue to take pride of place in the mansion's seven State Rooms.
- The framed certificate will take pride of place on the wall next to another golfing accolade.
- The more recent photographs of the projects undertaken during the millennium year had pride of place.
- An ancient helmet discovered below Coppergate in York will take pride of place in a new exhibition launched next month.
- Among weapons, the sword occupies pride of place as the symbol of knighthood, justice, and power.
- And come lunchtime today, when the paper hits the streets, my ad will be in pride of place, there on the front page.
- Craig Knowles prefers home to school and his action man on the motorbike has pride of place among his toys.
- In these new galleries, natural light floods a wide corridor where oils by Renoir and Cézanne are given pride of place.
Synonyms
greater importance, priority, precedence, pre-eminence, preference, superiority, first place, pride of place, weighting, supremacy, ascendancy, sovereignty, dominance, dominion, leadership

Derivatives

prideful

adjective ˈprʌɪdfʊlˈpraɪdf(ə)l

Having an excessively high opinion of oneself.
a stern and prideful schoolmaster
Example sentencesExamples
- He said he would far prefer to see us be a ‘sympathetic friend of humanity rather than its stern and prideful schoolmaster.’
- We're a prideful lot, us anglers, and my own trout fishing this year has been a perfect example of the folly of ignoring the invaluable advice of experienced local rods.
- Truly great people are those who are grateful rather than prideful.

pridefully

adverb ˈprʌɪdf(ʊ)liˈpraɪdf(ə)li

I fired them all for not obeying me,’ Jamie said, his head tilted pridefully.
Example sentencesExamples
- The lead illustration for his article is a page layout of five postcards of female Spanish singers, each wearing a mantilla and pridefully posing for the camera.
- I turned back and she bowed gracefully, pridefully.

prideless

adjective

Origin

Late Old English prȳde 'excessive self-esteem', variant of prȳtu, prȳte, from prūd (see proud).

In Old English pryde was ‘excessive self-esteem’, and from medieval times pride was regarded as the first of the Seven Deadly Sins. Also medieval is its use to mean ‘a social group of lions’, although it died out only to be revived in the 19th century. As lions are the kings of beasts, the term was presumably felt to be appropriate for them. Pride goes (or comes) before a fall is a reworded version of a sentence from the biblical Book of Proverbs: ‘Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.’ Pride of place is associated with falconry, referring to the high position from which a falcon swoops down on its prey. It is first recorded in Shakespeare's play Macbeth, in a passage suggesting how the natural order of things has been reversed following the killing of Duncan: ‘A falcon, tow'ring in her pride of place, / Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd.’ Your pride and joy is the thing you are most proud of; the expression is recorded only from the beginning of the 20th century, but since the Middle Ages something a person is very proud of has been their ‘pride’. Pride and joy may have been suggested from the poem Rokeby (1813) by Sir Walter Scott: ‘See yon pale stripling! when a boy, / A mother's pride, a father's joy!’

Rhymes

abide, applied, aside, astride, backslide, beside, bestride, betide, bide, bride, chide, Clyde, cockeyed, coincide, collide, confide, cried, decide, divide, dried, elide, five-a-side, glide, guide, hide, hollow-eyed, I'd, implied, lied, misguide, nationwide, nide, offside, onside, outride, outside, pan-fried, pied, pie-eyed, pitch-side, popeyed, provide, ride, Said, shied, side, slide, sloe-eyed, snide, square-eyed, starry-eyed, statewide, Strathclyde, stride, subdivide, subside, tide, tried, undyed, wall-eyed, wide, worldwide

Definition of pride in US English:

pride

nounprīdpraɪd

1A feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.
he takes great pride in his appearance
the team was bursting with pride after recording a sensational victory
Example sentencesExamples
- No one takes more pride in my achievements than my mother.
- We usually take pride in our past achievements, without realizing the hard fact that we should get ourselves fully prepared to face new challenges.
- Pictures of the band's success adorned the windows of the cafe, which was a reflection of the family's pride in Shane's achievements with the band.
- The driving motive force behind any country's sense of achievement and pride in its efforts must come from a focus on entrepreneurship.
- I'm not suggesting that we become elitist; but there is no reason not to take pride in your achievements and to strive for the top, not just a high place.
- With the right support, we can all take pride in our achievements, whether they are in the classroom or on a playing field.
- It has been 50 years since the young men of the University of Texas reached the semi-finals, and a fair degree of pride has underlined their achievements.
- This does not imply that he was without an acute sense of selfhood, personal vanity, or justified pride in his achievement.
- Some people, thank goodness, take a good deal of pride and pleasure in achieving and maintaining a perfect filing system.
- He had a great sense of pride in the achievements of Saga and I am glad that he was able to be part of our celebrations and to meet many customers who wanted the opportunity to express their gratitude and respect for his work.
- The positive tribal virtues were absolute loyalty and obedience to tribe and king, and pride in their achievements.
- She said: ‘Everyone has a real sense of achievement and pride and I'm so proud of my small team for their hard work and commitment.’
- He recalls how the young woman's aim was to travel further west, to awaken a sense of pride and importance among the islanders, in their culture, language and education.
- The other man took the piece of paper and moved off, while the trader glowed with pride at having closed yet another excellent deal.
- Not only is there tremendous pride in Amir's achievements but dozens of youngsters want to be just like him.
- Yet, for all her many achievements, it's being part of Southampton's project to establish special schools from which she derives the most professional pride.
- The pride of a big library often rests on the number of books it has, he points out.
- There are others, plenty of them, but with direct ties to every team left in the race for the Super Bowl, you can see why Lenti has to be close to bursting with pride.
- At the launch on Tuesday headteacher Diana Morton expressed her pride at the achievement.
- Allow yourself to take pride in your own achievements.
Synonyms
pleasure, joy, delight, gratification, fulfilment, satisfaction, sense of achievement
1. 1.1 A person or thing that arouses a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction.
  the swimming pool is the pride of the community
  Example sentencesExamples
  Zhou has become the pride of Shanghai and in March she was again in the limelight when the city selected her out of 771 women as one of its top 10 women pacesetters.
  The pride of China's naval fleet, wags say, incorporates the very latest in radar-evading stealth technology, so powerful it is as if it didn't even exist.
  The Ivory Coast, the world's biggest producer of cocoa, had been the pride of France's former colonial empire for decades after independence in 1960.
  The pride of the course is a parade ring with lush green grass.
  The pride of the museum's collection was a figurehead from a Florentine galleon, captured by Pirates from Danzig in 1473.
  The pride of the museum is a portrait of Queen Maria Louisa made of butterflies.
  The pride of Laurie Callender's motorcycle collection is that first little Mountain Goat.
  The pride of worldly success will not bring any lasting peace and can quite easily destroy a person's soul.
  The pride of the collection rightly belongs to Inter Gold, the Diamond Destination.
  The photograph of those four fish is still one of the prides of my collection.
  The pride of South Indians in their food is charming and infectious.
  The pride of Attica Academy was the soccer team, and our social events revolved around them during the season.
  At one of the popular villas on the island, service seems the pride of the place.
  Amhersita Nobilis, popularly know as the pride of Burma, is the finest and a row of this has been planted at the main entrance.
  The man known as the Clones Colossus is a source of deep pride in this community.
  The pride of the park's collection are the Sumatran tigers, and their enclosure has been planned to give the animals space and privacy, while offering visitors an exciting view.
  The pride of Seville is the graceful 13th century Tower of Gold that guards the east bank.
  Bollin Eric, the pride of Yorkshire, would be a fitting and popular winner of tomorrow's Yorkshire Cup on the third and final day of the May Festival.
  The pride of their Coastguard is the former River-class patrol vessel HMS Orwell, now the Essequibo.
  The pride of Carlow Town will come under review in 2002, when their commitment to flower power is put to the test as part of the annual Floral Pride Competition.
  Synonyms
  source of satisfaction, pride and joy, darling, apple of someone's eye, treasured possession, admiration, object of admiration, joy, delight, marvel
2often with modifier Confidence and self-respect as expressed by members of a group, typically one that has been socially marginalized, on the basis of their shared identity, culture, and experience.
the bridge was lit up in rainbow colors, symbolic of LGBT pride
a celebration of Latino pride
the underlying theme of the song is black pride
1. 2.1 A public event, typically involving a parade, held to celebrate LGBT identities, culture, and experience.
  I went to pride as a teenager before I was ready to come out
3Consciousness of one's own dignity.
he swallowed his pride and asked for help
Example sentencesExamples
- But, have you ever had anyone try to make a mockery of you, try to take away your dignity, your pride, your own self-worth?
- She carried herself with pride and dignity, no matter what, and always wore clothes of the day that were very conservative.
- Here, tonight, I write to you stripped of all dignity and pride, in an unmitigated plea for help.
- She should have been allowed to retire with dignity and pride.
- But we went down with colours flying and lost with grace, pride and dignity.
- The winner is chosen more for her inner qualities, such as her charm, pride, independence, and genuine nature.
- The lead character of the King just stole the picture: his dignity and pride were evident in every frame by his natural presence on screen.
- You can get back your pride and your dignity and your self-esteem.
- His involvement in injury management has assisted many employees to maintain dignity and pride while recovering from a work related injury.
- It is important to take pride in ourselves, our appearance, our conduct and our work.
- In youth, affronts to their dignity or pride are often met with disproportionate anger, and sometimes with revenge.
- The Kalinka dance segment, accompanied by the popular Russian folk song and performed with flair and razor sharp precision, epitomised pride, dignity and honour.
- I think, for the most part, they're opportunists without much dignity or pride, people who would sell out their own kind to get ahead.
- My last sight of that wonderful, imposing woman and those beautiful children doing their work with pride and dignity is one I will never forget.
- Emotions of fear, anticipation, and excitement silenced the team, as they walked with pride and dignity through the campus halls.
- When he finally did reach the doorway he stood in it, glancing back at the room of his child, overcome with emotions of pride, fear, hope, happiness and also, loneliness.
- I know he had a poor quality of life and probably suffered a loss of dignity and pride.
- It is those qualities of pride and integrity that he brings out in all of us.
- Through it, the Dalits have come to acquire a dignity and pride that is unprecedented, but by no means overdue.
- At the end of what had been a tremendous battle, with both men having given their all, Hatton had retained his title but Phillips had kept his dignity and pride.
Synonyms
self-esteem, dignity, honour, self-respect, ego, self-worth, self-image, self-identity, self-regard, pride in oneself, pride in one's abilities, belief in one's worth, faith in oneself
1. 3.1 The quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself or one's importance.
  the sin of pride
  Example sentencesExamples
  Any excessive display could be construed as the sin of pride and any unnecessary revealing or emphasizing of the body could be deemed a provocation to immoral behaviour.
  Louise and I never say sorry to each other which is strange but at least none of us has to swallow our prides.
  A heart full of false pride, vanity and arrogance has no room for wisdom, so it will remain lost in the darkness.
  Both condemn the sin of pride and its consequences.
  Except for a few bruised prides and egos, they all landed safe and sound.
  We should allow ourselves a moment to revel in the sin of pride.
  Aware, perhaps, that stories need interpretation, Augustine spells out the lesson about the sin of pride.
  He's a talkative guy and obviously enamored with his own film, but in my opinion, that pride is justified.
  More and more skippers swallowed their prides, converted their trawlers and diversified into shellfish.
  I had committed the cardinal sin of pride and this was my punishment.
  Everyone in this facility yields to the seven deadly sins… especially pride and vanity!
  Over the centuries, the church refined his list to the current seven: anger, gluttony, sloth, envy, pride, lust and greed.
  The ancient Greeks had a word for it - hubris which means excessive pride, arrogance.
  St Thomas Aquinas, the medieval theologian who shaped society's thinking on the deadly sins, rated pride as the worst of all.
  Autobiographies of overly ambitious youth relate how they were harassed by their classmates and warned against the sin of pride by the priest and nuns.
  He suffers from what the Greeks called hybris, and arrogant pride characterized by a man stepping out of his proper place in the world.
  They said it in their book, the way it used to be written: pride is a sin.
  How can we differentiate humility from excessive pride?
  But we should always guard against the sin of intellectual pride, which leads to ideological thinking.
  In short, I was observing that human beings are never more in danger of the sin of pride than when they are really and truly right.
  Synonyms
  arrogance, vanity, self-importance, hubris, self-conceit, conceit, conceitedness, self-love, self-glorification, self-adulation, self-admiration, narcissism, egotism, presumption, superciliousness, haughtiness, snobbery, snobbishness
4literary The best state or condition of something; the prime.
in the pride of youth
Example sentencesExamples
- But in one who often contemplates the certainty of old age, the pride of youth will either vanish entirely or will be weakened.
- Our immediate predecessors saw them in their untamed state, in the vigor of their power, and the pride of their independence.
- She was now three and twenty, in the pride of womanhood, fulfilling the precious duties of wife and mother, possessed of all her heart had ever coveted.
5A group of lions forming a social unit.
Example sentencesExamples
- Along the mighty Rufiji River there are eleven prides of lions.
- A national park the size of the Netherlands, renowned for its numerous prides of black-maned lions and huge herds of plains game.
- Its scented smoke permeated the air, lending atmosphere to the bush concert almost entirely monopolised by a pride of lions giving a magnificent roaring display.
- Lions live in open country, in groups known as prides, consisting of from 6 to 30 members headed by one or two mature males.
- We estimated numbers of lions in the study area from the annual number of females in resident prides.
- Lion prides are fission-fusion societies; pride members come and go and are rarely all together at once.
- The wings of parked aircraft provide a cooling patch of shade for some of the park's many predatory animals, and prides of Lions congregate there on a regular basis.
- I have filmed an angry elephant from a 10-metre distance and a pride of lions from about 20.
- Lions live in prides, family groups made up of a number of females and one or only a few male leaders.
- He had never been this way, and few men would dare to go alone, for the big cats hunted in prides of ten or more, each animal weighing as much as two grown men.
- He noted that the carnivores require vast territories and that some lion prides exist entirely outside park boundaries.
- A lion pride can bring down a water buffalo, and then defend the carcass against hyenas; a lone lion is unlikely to be very lordly, or even well-fed.
- Up at dawn and with no one else in sight, whether we were tracking a pride of lions or examining a column of ants, every minute heralded a new experience for both of us.
- Why is it that you can see a pride of lions, a murder of crows, a parliament of owls, and other such delightful collective terms, but only a boring crowd of journalists, historians, and doctors?
- In prides, lionesses were the ones who hunted and killed.
- A single buffalo distress bellow is enough to turn a docile, ruminating herd into a battalion of warriors, ready to charge and chase off an entire pride of lions.
- At this point Mr Hayhurst spotted a pride of lions and returned to his vehicle.
- We drove, we saw: a pride of lions panting in the shade by a waterhole.
- First in were wildebeest, zebras and giraffes, and then, after ten years, predators were introduced - two prides of lions, cheetahs and a pack of wild dogs.
- Perhaps they sat on the cliff above the Ardeche River, surveying the pasture beside the Pont d' Arc, watching a pride of lions take down a large mammal.

verbprīdpraɪd

pride oneself on/upon

Be especially proud of (a particular quality or skill)
she'd always prided herself on her ability to deal with a crisis
Example sentencesExamples
- Perhaps we pride ourselves on our qualities of competence and helpfulness, or on being the child of very special parents.
- Leitch prides himself on his consultative leadership skills and says he strives to get the balance right between being a caring boss and a demanding one.
- Henry prides himself on the quality of his relationships, which he believes are crucial to success.
- The friendliness and atmosphere in their pub is something they have always prided themselves on.
- They pride themselves on the quality of their work and believe that being a small business gives them an enormous advantage over their larger competitors.
- We pride ourselves on the high quality of our roofing services and offering competitive prices along with a good customer relationship.
- The food is not only tasty but is an art in itself specific to the Mon people, who also pride themselves on their culinary skills down to the very minute preparation details.
- He had always prided himself on never stooping to such slang.
- We pride ourselves on producing a quality product and will do all that we can to ensure our customers have an enjoyable experience when placing an order - or just calling with a question.
- Trident prides itself on the quality of its workmanship.
- Burger King said in a statement: ‘We pride ourselves on the high quality of beef used in our products.’
- In one sense, radio was indeed an impersonal medium for him - he prided himself on his skills of mimicry and his way with accents.
- I have prided myself on the quality of my students and consider most of them lifelong friends.
- I've always prided myself on not needing anyone.
- True, she did not care much for her peers, but she always prided herself on her observation skills, and to have completely missed the fact that he was in one of her classes for two weeks already was a tad insulting.
- The club, which has 154 members, prides itself on the high quality of both its speakers and its food.
- The one thing I always prided myself on, besides my good looks, was my ability to control my anger and not say things that I would regret.
- Her English teacher, Mrs. Tates, prided herself on always letting the computer randomly pick the seating assignment.
- His secret is that he works extremely hard both physically and on his skills, and prides himself on his mental toughness.
- I've always prided myself on not having chest infections - something of a concern to people who use wheelchairs, or at least those who have serious upper body limitations, like I have.
Synonyms
be proud of, be proud of oneself for, take pride in, take satisfaction in, congratulate oneself on, flatter oneself on, preen oneself on, pat oneself on the back for, revel in, glory in, delight in, exult in, rejoice in, triumph over

Phrases

one's pride and joy

A person or thing of which one is very proud and which is a source of great pleasure.
the car was his pride and joy
Example sentencesExamples
- The Brooklyn building, with its three studios, complete with sprung floors and walls of mirrors, is his pride and joy, and he's about to add another two studios.
- Secretary Martin Armitage said: ‘We will have our observatory telescope aimed at the Sun, as well as our pride and joy - a special solar filter attached to a premium refractor.’
- He had a great fondness for horse racing and bred race horses which were his pride and joy.
- For many owners their leisure vehicle is their pride and joy, and we can't wait to see the amazing ways that they have developed them.
- While he has produced numerous pieces over the years, including mirror frames, flowers and figurines, his pride and joy is a bed he has been working on for the past seven years.
- His 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren were his pride and joy.
- The Old Forge is their pride and joy and to witness the detail around their house, it is easy to understand why they are so comfortable at this beautiful spot.
- Our garden has always been our pride and joy and we spend every weekend working in it.
- The luxury is a 19 ft sailing boat on Ullswater, his pride and joy.
- Ma, the only one in the family who managed to enter university, was their pride and joy.

pride goes (or comes) before a fall

proverb If you're too conceited or self-important, something will happen to make you look foolish.
Example sentencesExamples
- I guess that's just reality - pride comes before a fall.
- "I told: pride cometh before the fall, " Isabelle said smartly.
- "Pride cometh before a fall, Susanna, " we said in unison.
- He said: ‘They say pride goes before a fall and it's very true.’
- It is said that pride goes before a fall, but seldom does one realise that when the time comes the proud wilt and disappear.
- But you are proud, and if pride goes before a fall, then that's where you're headed for sure.
- They say that pride comes before a fall and sure enough, after trumpeting my success at virus-hunting yesterday, the first words that greeted me at work this morning were, ‘That virus is back ’.
- He told Scotland on Sunday: ‘Everyone knows that pride comes before a fall, and no Prime Minister should ever take the electorate for granted.’
- Things are going well, including this week's testing, but Hislop has learned in the past that pride comes before a fall.
- Whether pride goes before a fall, only the turbulent, testing year ahead will tell.

pride of place

The most prominent or important position among a group of things.
the certificate has pride of place on my wall
Example sentencesExamples
- A two-tier white cake decorated with roses took pride of place in the centre of a low-key buffet table.
- The more recent photographs of the projects undertaken during the millennium year had pride of place.
- The framed certificate will take pride of place on the wall next to another golfing accolade.
- Among weapons, the sword occupies pride of place as the symbol of knighthood, justice, and power.
- In these new galleries, natural light floods a wide corridor where oils by Renoir and Cézanne are given pride of place.
- Craig Knowles prefers home to school and his action man on the motorbike has pride of place among his toys.
- And come lunchtime today, when the paper hits the streets, my ad will be in pride of place, there on the front page.
- An ancient helmet discovered below Coppergate in York will take pride of place in a new exhibition launched next month.
- It's understood the portraits will continue to take pride of place in the mansion's seven State Rooms.
- All founding supporters will be listed in a specially designed book which will have pride of place in the Courthouse entrance.
Synonyms
greater importance, priority, precedence, pre-eminence, preference, superiority, first place, pride of place, weighting, supremacy, ascendancy, sovereignty, dominance, dominion, leadership

Origin

Late Old English prȳde ‘excessive self-esteem’, variant of prȳtu, prȳte, from prūd (see proud).

单词	pride
释义	Definition of pride in English: pride noun prʌɪdpraɪd mass noun 1A feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired. the faces of the children's parents glowed with pride he takes great pride in his appearance Example sentencesExamples Some people, thank goodness, take a good deal of pride and pleasure in achieving and maintaining a perfect filing system. I'm not suggesting that we become elitist; but there is no reason not to take pride in your achievements and to strive for the top, not just a high place. The pride of a big library often rests on the number of books it has, he points out. No one takes more pride in my achievements than my mother. At the launch on Tuesday headteacher Diana Morton expressed her pride at the achievement. Not only is there tremendous pride in Amir's achievements but dozens of youngsters want to be just like him. The positive tribal virtues were absolute loyalty and obedience to tribe and king, and pride in their achievements. Yet, for all her many achievements, it's being part of Southampton's project to establish special schools from which she derives the most professional pride. We usually take pride in our past achievements, without realizing the hard fact that we should get ourselves fully prepared to face new challenges. With the right support, we can all take pride in our achievements, whether they are in the classroom or on a playing field. Allow yourself to take pride in your own achievements. She said: ‘Everyone has a real sense of achievement and pride and I'm so proud of my small team for their hard work and commitment.’ Pictures of the band's success adorned the windows of the cafe, which was a reflection of the family's pride in Shane's achievements with the band. The other man took the piece of paper and moved off, while the trader glowed with pride at having closed yet another excellent deal. There are others, plenty of them, but with direct ties to every team left in the race for the Super Bowl, you can see why Lenti has to be close to bursting with pride. He had a great sense of pride in the achievements of Saga and I am glad that he was able to be part of our celebrations and to meet many customers who wanted the opportunity to express their gratitude and respect for his work. It has been 50 years since the young men of the University of Texas reached the semi-finals, and a fair degree of pride has underlined their achievements. The driving motive force behind any country's sense of achievement and pride in its efforts must come from a focus on entrepreneurship. He recalls how the young woman's aim was to travel further west, to awaken a sense of pride and importance among the islanders, in their culture, language and education. This does not imply that he was without an acute sense of selfhood, personal vanity, or justified pride in his achievement. Synonyms pleasure, joy, delight, gratification, fulfilment, satisfaction, sense of achievement comfort, content, contentment 1.1 A person or thing that arouses a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction. the pride of the village is the swimming pool Example sentencesExamples The pride of the park's collection are the Sumatran tigers, and their enclosure has been planned to give the animals space and privacy, while offering visitors an exciting view. The photograph of those four fish is still one of the prides of my collection. Bollin Eric, the pride of Yorkshire, would be a fitting and popular winner of tomorrow's Yorkshire Cup on the third and final day of the May Festival. The man known as the Clones Colossus is a source of deep pride in this community. The pride of their Coastguard is the former River-class patrol vessel HMS Orwell, now the Essequibo. The pride of South Indians in their food is charming and infectious. The pride of Seville is the graceful 13th century Tower of Gold that guards the east bank. The pride of worldly success will not bring any lasting peace and can quite easily destroy a person's soul. The pride of the collection rightly belongs to Inter Gold, the Diamond Destination. The pride of the museum's collection was a figurehead from a Florentine galleon, captured by Pirates from Danzig in 1473. Zhou has become the pride of Shanghai and in March she was again in the limelight when the city selected her out of 771 women as one of its top 10 women pacesetters. The pride of the course is a parade ring with lush green grass. Amhersita Nobilis, popularly know as the pride of Burma, is the finest and a row of this has been planted at the main entrance. The pride of Attica Academy was the soccer team, and our social events revolved around them during the season. The Ivory Coast, the world's biggest producer of cocoa, had been the pride of France's former colonial empire for decades after independence in 1960. At one of the popular villas on the island, service seems the pride of the place. The pride of the museum is a portrait of Queen Maria Louisa made of butterflies. The pride of Carlow Town will come under review in 2002, when their commitment to flower power is put to the test as part of the annual Floral Pride Competition. The pride of Laurie Callender's motorcycle collection is that first little Mountain Goat. The pride of China's naval fleet, wags say, incorporates the very latest in radar-evading stealth technology, so powerful it is as if it didn't even exist. Synonyms source of satisfaction, pride and joy, darling, apple of someone's eye, treasured possession, admiration, object of admiration, joy, delight, marvel 2often with modifier Confidence and self-respect as expressed by members of a group, typically one that has been socially marginalized, on the basis of their shared identity, culture, and experience. the bridge was lit up in rainbow colours, symbolic of LGBT pride a celebration of Latino pride the underlying theme of the song is black pride 2.1 A public event, typically involving a parade, held to celebrate LGBT identities, culture, and experience. I went to pride as a teenager before I was ready to come out 3Consciousness of one's own dignity. he swallowed his pride and asked for help Example sentencesExamples My last sight of that wonderful, imposing woman and those beautiful children doing their work with pride and dignity is one I will never forget. It is important to take pride in ourselves, our appearance, our conduct and our work. It is those qualities of pride and integrity that he brings out in all of us. Emotions of fear, anticipation, and excitement silenced the team, as they walked with pride and dignity through the campus halls. But, have you ever had anyone try to make a mockery of you, try to take away your dignity, your pride, your own self-worth? When he finally did reach the doorway he stood in it, glancing back at the room of his child, overcome with emotions of pride, fear, hope, happiness and also, loneliness. I think, for the most part, they're opportunists without much dignity or pride, people who would sell out their own kind to get ahead. She should have been allowed to retire with dignity and pride. The winner is chosen more for her inner qualities, such as her charm, pride, independence, and genuine nature. The lead character of the King just stole the picture: his dignity and pride were evident in every frame by his natural presence on screen. In youth, affronts to their dignity or pride are often met with disproportionate anger, and sometimes with revenge. At the end of what had been a tremendous battle, with both men having given their all, Hatton had retained his title but Phillips had kept his dignity and pride. The Kalinka dance segment, accompanied by the popular Russian folk song and performed with flair and razor sharp precision, epitomised pride, dignity and honour. Through it, the Dalits have come to acquire a dignity and pride that is unprecedented, but by no means overdue. You can get back your pride and your dignity and your self-esteem. But we went down with colours flying and lost with grace, pride and dignity. She carried herself with pride and dignity, no matter what, and always wore clothes of the day that were very conservative. I know he had a poor quality of life and probably suffered a loss of dignity and pride. His involvement in injury management has assisted many employees to maintain dignity and pride while recovering from a work related injury. Here, tonight, I write to you stripped of all dignity and pride, in an unmitigated plea for help. Synonyms self-esteem, dignity, honour, self-respect, ego, self-worth, self-image, self-identity, self-regard, pride in oneself, pride in one's abilities, belief in one's worth, faith in oneself French amour propre 3.1 The quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself or one's importance. the worst sin in a ruler was pride Example sentencesExamples Except for a few bruised prides and egos, they all landed safe and sound. He suffers from what the Greeks called hybris, and arrogant pride characterized by a man stepping out of his proper place in the world. More and more skippers swallowed their prides, converted their trawlers and diversified into shellfish. He's a talkative guy and obviously enamored with his own film, but in my opinion, that pride is justified. We should allow ourselves a moment to revel in the sin of pride. But we should always guard against the sin of intellectual pride, which leads to ideological thinking. Louise and I never say sorry to each other which is strange but at least none of us has to swallow our prides. A heart full of false pride, vanity and arrogance has no room for wisdom, so it will remain lost in the darkness. The ancient Greeks had a word for it - hubris which means excessive pride, arrogance. St Thomas Aquinas, the medieval theologian who shaped society's thinking on the deadly sins, rated pride as the worst of all. Both condemn the sin of pride and its consequences. Aware, perhaps, that stories need interpretation, Augustine spells out the lesson about the sin of pride. They said it in their book, the way it used to be written: pride is a sin. I had committed the cardinal sin of pride and this was my punishment. Everyone in this facility yields to the seven deadly sins… especially pride and vanity! In short, I was observing that human beings are never more in danger of the sin of pride than when they are really and truly right. Autobiographies of overly ambitious youth relate how they were harassed by their classmates and warned against the sin of pride by the priest and nuns. How can we differentiate humility from excessive pride? Any excessive display could be construed as the sin of pride and any unnecessary revealing or emphasizing of the body could be deemed a provocation to immoral behaviour. Over the centuries, the church refined his list to the current seven: anger, gluttony, sloth, envy, pride, lust and greed. Synonyms arrogance, vanity, self-importance, hubris, self-conceit, conceit, conceitedness, self-love, self-glorification, self-adulation, self-admiration, narcissism, egotism, presumption, superciliousness, haughtiness, snobbery, snobbishness disdain, disdainfulness, condescension, pretentiousness French hauteur informal big-headedness, swollen-headedness literary vainglory 4literary The best state of something; the prime. in the pride of youth Example sentencesExamples Our immediate predecessors saw them in their untamed state, in the vigor of their power, and the pride of their independence. She was now three and twenty, in the pride of womanhood, fulfilling the precious duties of wife and mother, possessed of all her heart had ever coveted. But in one who often contemplates the certainty of old age, the pride of youth will either vanish entirely or will be weakened. 5count noun A group of lions forming a social unit. the males in the pride are very tolerant towards all the cubs Example sentencesExamples Up at dawn and with no one else in sight, whether we were tracking a pride of lions or examining a column of ants, every minute heralded a new experience for both of us. Lions live in open country, in groups known as prides, consisting of from 6 to 30 members headed by one or two mature males. He noted that the carnivores require vast territories and that some lion prides exist entirely outside park boundaries. Its scented smoke permeated the air, lending atmosphere to the bush concert almost entirely monopolised by a pride of lions giving a magnificent roaring display. I have filmed an angry elephant from a 10-metre distance and a pride of lions from about 20. We drove, we saw: a pride of lions panting in the shade by a waterhole. Along the mighty Rufiji River there are eleven prides of lions. He had never been this way, and few men would dare to go alone, for the big cats hunted in prides of ten or more, each animal weighing as much as two grown men. A lion pride can bring down a water buffalo, and then defend the carcass against hyenas; a lone lion is unlikely to be very lordly, or even well-fed. Lion prides are fission-fusion societies; pride members come and go and are rarely all together at once. In prides, lionesses were the ones who hunted and killed. Lions live in prides, family groups made up of a number of females and one or only a few male leaders. We estimated numbers of lions in the study area from the annual number of females in resident prides. Perhaps they sat on the cliff above the Ardeche River, surveying the pasture beside the Pont d' Arc, watching a pride of lions take down a large mammal. Why is it that you can see a pride of lions, a murder of crows, a parliament of owls, and other such delightful collective terms, but only a boring crowd of journalists, historians, and doctors? A national park the size of the Netherlands, renowned for its numerous prides of black-maned lions and huge herds of plains game. At this point Mr Hayhurst spotted a pride of lions and returned to his vehicle. A single buffalo distress bellow is enough to turn a docile, ruminating herd into a battalion of warriors, ready to charge and chase off an entire pride of lions. First in were wildebeest, zebras and giraffes, and then, after ten years, predators were introduced - two prides of lions, cheetahs and a pack of wild dogs. The wings of parked aircraft provide a cooling patch of shade for some of the park's many predatory animals, and prides of Lions congregate there on a regular basis. verb prʌɪdpraɪd pride oneself on/upon Be especially proud of (a particular quality or skill) he prided himself on his honesty Example sentencesExamples True, she did not care much for her peers, but she always prided herself on her observation skills, and to have completely missed the fact that he was in one of her classes for two weeks already was a tad insulting. Burger King said in a statement: ‘We pride ourselves on the high quality of beef used in our products.’ We pride ourselves on the high quality of our roofing services and offering competitive prices along with a good customer relationship. I have prided myself on the quality of my students and consider most of them lifelong friends. Trident prides itself on the quality of its workmanship. I've always prided myself on not having chest infections - something of a concern to people who use wheelchairs, or at least those who have serious upper body limitations, like I have. In one sense, radio was indeed an impersonal medium for him - he prided himself on his skills of mimicry and his way with accents. The club, which has 154 members, prides itself on the high quality of both its speakers and its food. I've always prided myself on not needing anyone. Her English teacher, Mrs. Tates, prided herself on always letting the computer randomly pick the seating assignment. The food is not only tasty but is an art in itself specific to the Mon people, who also pride themselves on their culinary skills down to the very minute preparation details. He had always prided himself on never stooping to such slang. We pride ourselves on producing a quality product and will do all that we can to ensure our customers have an enjoyable experience when placing an order - or just calling with a question. Perhaps we pride ourselves on our qualities of competence and helpfulness, or on being the child of very special parents. They pride themselves on the quality of their work and believe that being a small business gives them an enormous advantage over their larger competitors. His secret is that he works extremely hard both physically and on his skills, and prides himself on his mental toughness. Leitch prides himself on his consultative leadership skills and says he strives to get the balance right between being a caring boss and a demanding one. The friendliness and atmosphere in their pub is something they have always prided themselves on. The one thing I always prided myself on, besides my good looks, was my ability to control my anger and not say things that I would regret. Henry prides himself on the quality of his relationships, which he believes are crucial to success. Synonyms be proud of, be proud of oneself for, take pride in, take satisfaction in, congratulate oneself on, flatter oneself on, preen oneself on, pat oneself on the back for, revel in, glory in, delight in, exult in, rejoice in, triumph over feel self-satisfied about, vaunt, boast about, brag about, crow about, gloat over archaic pique oneself on/in Phrases one's pride and joy A person or thing of which one is very proud. the car was his pride and joy Example sentencesExamples For many owners their leisure vehicle is their pride and joy, and we can't wait to see the amazing ways that they have developed them. The Old Forge is their pride and joy and to witness the detail around their house, it is easy to understand why they are so comfortable at this beautiful spot. His 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren were his pride and joy. Our garden has always been our pride and joy and we spend every weekend working in it. Ma, the only one in the family who managed to enter university, was their pride and joy. While he has produced numerous pieces over the years, including mirror frames, flowers and figurines, his pride and joy is a bed he has been working on for the past seven years. The luxury is a 19 ft sailing boat on Ullswater, his pride and joy. Secretary Martin Armitage said: ‘We will have our observatory telescope aimed at the Sun, as well as our pride and joy - a special solar filter attached to a premium refractor.’ He had a great fondness for horse racing and bred race horses which were his pride and joy. The Brooklyn building, with its three studios, complete with sprung floors and walls of mirrors, is his pride and joy, and he's about to add another two studios. pride goes (or comes) before a fall proverb If you're too conceited or self-important, something will happen to make you look foolish. Example sentencesExamples "I told: pride cometh before the fall, " Isabelle said smartly. He said: ‘They say pride goes before a fall and it's very true.’ Whether pride goes before a fall, only the turbulent, testing year ahead will tell. "Pride cometh before a fall, Susanna, " we said in unison. He told Scotland on Sunday: ‘Everyone knows that pride comes before a fall, and no Prime Minister should ever take the electorate for granted.’ Things are going well, including this week's testing, but Hislop has learned in the past that pride comes before a fall. But you are proud, and if pride goes before a fall, then that's where you're headed for sure. It is said that pride goes before a fall, but seldom does one realise that when the time comes the proud wilt and disappear. They say that pride comes before a fall and sure enough, after trumpeting my success at virus-hunting yesterday, the first words that greeted me at work this morning were, ‘That virus is back ’. I guess that's just reality - pride comes before a fall. pride of place The most prominent position among a group of things. the certificate has pride of place on my wall Example sentencesExamples All founding supporters will be listed in a specially designed book which will have pride of place in the Courthouse entrance. A two-tier white cake decorated with roses took pride of place in the centre of a low-key buffet table. It's understood the portraits will continue to take pride of place in the mansion's seven State Rooms. The framed certificate will take pride of place on the wall next to another golfing accolade. The more recent photographs of the projects undertaken during the millennium year had pride of place. An ancient helmet discovered below Coppergate in York will take pride of place in a new exhibition launched next month. Among weapons, the sword occupies pride of place as the symbol of knighthood, justice, and power. And come lunchtime today, when the paper hits the streets, my ad will be in pride of place, there on the front page. Craig Knowles prefers home to school and his action man on the motorbike has pride of place among his toys. In these new galleries, natural light floods a wide corridor where oils by Renoir and Cézanne are given pride of place. Synonyms greater importance, priority, precedence, pre-eminence, preference, superiority, first place, pride of place, weighting, supremacy, ascendancy, sovereignty, dominance, dominion, leadership Derivatives prideful adjective ˈprʌɪdfʊlˈpraɪdf(ə)l Having an excessively high opinion of oneself. a stern and prideful schoolmaster Example sentencesExamples He said he would far prefer to see us be a ‘sympathetic friend of humanity rather than its stern and prideful schoolmaster.’ We're a prideful lot, us anglers, and my own trout fishing this year has been a perfect example of the folly of ignoring the invaluable advice of experienced local rods. Truly great people are those who are grateful rather than prideful. pridefully adverb ˈprʌɪdf(ʊ)liˈpraɪdf(ə)li I fired them all for not obeying me,’ Jamie said, his head tilted pridefully. Example sentencesExamples The lead illustration for his article is a page layout of five postcards of female Spanish singers, each wearing a mantilla and pridefully posing for the camera. I turned back and she bowed gracefully, pridefully. prideless adjective Origin Late Old English prȳde 'excessive self-esteem', variant of prȳtu, prȳte, from prūd (see proud). In Old English pryde was ‘excessive self-esteem’, and from medieval times pride was regarded as the first of the Seven Deadly Sins. Also medieval is its use to mean ‘a social group of lions’, although it died out only to be revived in the 19th century. As lions are the kings of beasts, the term was presumably felt to be appropriate for them. Pride goes (or comes) before a fall is a reworded version of a sentence from the biblical Book of Proverbs: ‘Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.’ Pride of place is associated with falconry, referring to the high position from which a falcon swoops down on its prey. It is first recorded in Shakespeare's play Macbeth, in a passage suggesting how the natural order of things has been reversed following the killing of Duncan: ‘A falcon, tow'ring in her pride of place, / Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd.’ Your pride and joy is the thing you are most proud of; the expression is recorded only from the beginning of the 20th century, but since the Middle Ages something a person is very proud of has been their ‘pride’. Pride and joy may have been suggested from the poem Rokeby (1813) by Sir Walter Scott: ‘See yon pale stripling! when a boy, / A mother's pride, a father's joy!’ Rhymes abide, applied, aside, astride, backslide, beside, bestride, betide, bide, bride, chide, Clyde, cockeyed, coincide, collide, confide, cried, decide, divide, dried, elide, five-a-side, glide, guide, hide, hollow-eyed, I'd, implied, lied, misguide, nationwide, nide, offside, onside, outride, outside, pan-fried, pied, pie-eyed, pitch-side, popeyed, provide, ride, Said, shied, side, slide, sloe-eyed, snide, square-eyed, starry-eyed, statewide, Strathclyde, stride, subdivide, subside, tide, tried, undyed, wall-eyed, wide, worldwide noun.1 phr. Definition of pride in US English: pride nounprīdpraɪd 1A feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired. he takes great pride in his appearance the team was bursting with pride after recording a sensational victory Example sentencesExamples No one takes more pride in my achievements than my mother. We usually take pride in our past achievements, without realizing the hard fact that we should get ourselves fully prepared to face new challenges. Pictures of the band's success adorned the windows of the cafe, which was a reflection of the family's pride in Shane's achievements with the band. The driving motive force behind any country's sense of achievement and pride in its efforts must come from a focus on entrepreneurship. I'm not suggesting that we become elitist; but there is no reason not to take pride in your achievements and to strive for the top, not just a high place. With the right support, we can all take pride in our achievements, whether they are in the classroom or on a playing field. It has been 50 years since the young men of the University of Texas reached the semi-finals, and a fair degree of pride has underlined their achievements. This does not imply that he was without an acute sense of selfhood, personal vanity, or justified pride in his achievement. Some people, thank goodness, take a good deal of pride and pleasure in achieving and maintaining a perfect filing system. He had a great sense of pride in the achievements of Saga and I am glad that he was able to be part of our celebrations and to meet many customers who wanted the opportunity to express their gratitude and respect for his work. The positive tribal virtues were absolute loyalty and obedience to tribe and king, and pride in their achievements. She said: ‘Everyone has a real sense of achievement and pride and I'm so proud of my small team for their hard work and commitment.’ He recalls how the young woman's aim was to travel further west, to awaken a sense of pride and importance among the islanders, in their culture, language and education. The other man took the piece of paper and moved off, while the trader glowed with pride at having closed yet another excellent deal. Not only is there tremendous pride in Amir's achievements but dozens of youngsters want to be just like him. Yet, for all her many achievements, it's being part of Southampton's project to establish special schools from which she derives the most professional pride. The pride of a big library often rests on the number of books it has, he points out. There are others, plenty of them, but with direct ties to every team left in the race for the Super Bowl, you can see why Lenti has to be close to bursting with pride. At the launch on Tuesday headteacher Diana Morton expressed her pride at the achievement. Allow yourself to take pride in your own achievements. Synonyms pleasure, joy, delight, gratification, fulfilment, satisfaction, sense of achievement 1.1 A person or thing that arouses a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction. the swimming pool is the pride of the community Example sentencesExamples Zhou has become the pride of Shanghai and in March she was again in the limelight when the city selected her out of 771 women as one of its top 10 women pacesetters. The pride of China's naval fleet, wags say, incorporates the very latest in radar-evading stealth technology, so powerful it is as if it didn't even exist. The Ivory Coast, the world's biggest producer of cocoa, had been the pride of France's former colonial empire for decades after independence in 1960. The pride of the course is a parade ring with lush green grass. The pride of the museum's collection was a figurehead from a Florentine galleon, captured by Pirates from Danzig in 1473. The pride of the museum is a portrait of Queen Maria Louisa made of butterflies. The pride of Laurie Callender's motorcycle collection is that first little Mountain Goat. The pride of worldly success will not bring any lasting peace and can quite easily destroy a person's soul. The pride of the collection rightly belongs to Inter Gold, the Diamond Destination. The photograph of those four fish is still one of the prides of my collection. The pride of South Indians in their food is charming and infectious. The pride of Attica Academy was the soccer team, and our social events revolved around them during the season. At one of the popular villas on the island, service seems the pride of the place. Amhersita Nobilis, popularly know as the pride of Burma, is the finest and a row of this has been planted at the main entrance. The man known as the Clones Colossus is a source of deep pride in this community. The pride of the park's collection are the Sumatran tigers, and their enclosure has been planned to give the animals space and privacy, while offering visitors an exciting view. The pride of Seville is the graceful 13th century Tower of Gold that guards the east bank. Bollin Eric, the pride of Yorkshire, would be a fitting and popular winner of tomorrow's Yorkshire Cup on the third and final day of the May Festival. The pride of their Coastguard is the former River-class patrol vessel HMS Orwell, now the Essequibo. The pride of Carlow Town will come under review in 2002, when their commitment to flower power is put to the test as part of the annual Floral Pride Competition. Synonyms source of satisfaction, pride and joy, darling, apple of someone's eye, treasured possession, admiration, object of admiration, joy, delight, marvel 2often with modifier Confidence and self-respect as expressed by members of a group, typically one that has been socially marginalized, on the basis of their shared identity, culture, and experience. the bridge was lit up in rainbow colors, symbolic of LGBT pride a celebration of Latino pride the underlying theme of the song is black pride 2.1 A public event, typically involving a parade, held to celebrate LGBT identities, culture, and experience. I went to pride as a teenager before I was ready to come out 3Consciousness of one's own dignity. he swallowed his pride and asked for help Example sentencesExamples But, have you ever had anyone try to make a mockery of you, try to take away your dignity, your pride, your own self-worth? She carried herself with pride and dignity, no matter what, and always wore clothes of the day that were very conservative. Here, tonight, I write to you stripped of all dignity and pride, in an unmitigated plea for help. She should have been allowed to retire with dignity and pride. But we went down with colours flying and lost with grace, pride and dignity. The winner is chosen more for her inner qualities, such as her charm, pride, independence, and genuine nature. The lead character of the King just stole the picture: his dignity and pride were evident in every frame by his natural presence on screen. You can get back your pride and your dignity and your self-esteem. His involvement in injury management has assisted many employees to maintain dignity and pride while recovering from a work related injury. It is important to take pride in ourselves, our appearance, our conduct and our work. In youth, affronts to their dignity or pride are often met with disproportionate anger, and sometimes with revenge. The Kalinka dance segment, accompanied by the popular Russian folk song and performed with flair and razor sharp precision, epitomised pride, dignity and honour. I think, for the most part, they're opportunists without much dignity or pride, people who would sell out their own kind to get ahead. My last sight of that wonderful, imposing woman and those beautiful children doing their work with pride and dignity is one I will never forget. Emotions of fear, anticipation, and excitement silenced the team, as they walked with pride and dignity through the campus halls. When he finally did reach the doorway he stood in it, glancing back at the room of his child, overcome with emotions of pride, fear, hope, happiness and also, loneliness. I know he had a poor quality of life and probably suffered a loss of dignity and pride. It is those qualities of pride and integrity that he brings out in all of us. Through it, the Dalits have come to acquire a dignity and pride that is unprecedented, but by no means overdue. At the end of what had been a tremendous battle, with both men having given their all, Hatton had retained his title but Phillips had kept his dignity and pride. Synonyms self-esteem, dignity, honour, self-respect, ego, self-worth, self-image, self-identity, self-regard, pride in oneself, pride in one's abilities, belief in one's worth, faith in oneself 3.1 The quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself or one's importance. the sin of pride Example sentencesExamples Any excessive display could be construed as the sin of pride and any unnecessary revealing or emphasizing of the body could be deemed a provocation to immoral behaviour. Louise and I never say sorry to each other which is strange but at least none of us has to swallow our prides. A heart full of false pride, vanity and arrogance has no room for wisdom, so it will remain lost in the darkness. Both condemn the sin of pride and its consequences. Except for a few bruised prides and egos, they all landed safe and sound. We should allow ourselves a moment to revel in the sin of pride. Aware, perhaps, that stories need interpretation, Augustine spells out the lesson about the sin of pride. He's a talkative guy and obviously enamored with his own film, but in my opinion, that pride is justified. More and more skippers swallowed their prides, converted their trawlers and diversified into shellfish. I had committed the cardinal sin of pride and this was my punishment. Everyone in this facility yields to the seven deadly sins… especially pride and vanity! Over the centuries, the church refined his list to the current seven: anger, gluttony, sloth, envy, pride, lust and greed. The ancient Greeks had a word for it - hubris which means excessive pride, arrogance. St Thomas Aquinas, the medieval theologian who shaped society's thinking on the deadly sins, rated pride as the worst of all. Autobiographies of overly ambitious youth relate how they were harassed by their classmates and warned against the sin of pride by the priest and nuns. He suffers from what the Greeks called hybris, and arrogant pride characterized by a man stepping out of his proper place in the world. They said it in their book, the way it used to be written: pride is a sin. How can we differentiate humility from excessive pride? But we should always guard against the sin of intellectual pride, which leads to ideological thinking. In short, I was observing that human beings are never more in danger of the sin of pride than when they are really and truly right. Synonyms arrogance, vanity, self-importance, hubris, self-conceit, conceit, conceitedness, self-love, self-glorification, self-adulation, self-admiration, narcissism, egotism, presumption, superciliousness, haughtiness, snobbery, snobbishness 4literary The best state or condition of something; the prime. in the pride of youth Example sentencesExamples But in one who often contemplates the certainty of old age, the pride of youth will either vanish entirely or will be weakened. Our immediate predecessors saw them in their untamed state, in the vigor of their power, and the pride of their independence. She was now three and twenty, in the pride of womanhood, fulfilling the precious duties of wife and mother, possessed of all her heart had ever coveted. 5A group of lions forming a social unit. Example sentencesExamples Along the mighty Rufiji River there are eleven prides of lions. A national park the size of the Netherlands, renowned for its numerous prides of black-maned lions and huge herds of plains game. Its scented smoke permeated the air, lending atmosphere to the bush concert almost entirely monopolised by a pride of lions giving a magnificent roaring display. Lions live in open country, in groups known as prides, consisting of from 6 to 30 members headed by one or two mature males. We estimated numbers of lions in the study area from the annual number of females in resident prides. Lion prides are fission-fusion societies; pride members come and go and are rarely all together at once. The wings of parked aircraft provide a cooling patch of shade for some of the park's many predatory animals, and prides of Lions congregate there on a regular basis. I have filmed an angry elephant from a 10-metre distance and a pride of lions from about 20. Lions live in prides, family groups made up of a number of females and one or only a few male leaders. He had never been this way, and few men would dare to go alone, for the big cats hunted in prides of ten or more, each animal weighing as much as two grown men. He noted that the carnivores require vast territories and that some lion prides exist entirely outside park boundaries. A lion pride can bring down a water buffalo, and then defend the carcass against hyenas; a lone lion is unlikely to be very lordly, or even well-fed. Up at dawn and with no one else in sight, whether we were tracking a pride of lions or examining a column of ants, every minute heralded a new experience for both of us. Why is it that you can see a pride of lions, a murder of crows, a parliament of owls, and other such delightful collective terms, but only a boring crowd of journalists, historians, and doctors? In prides, lionesses were the ones who hunted and killed. A single buffalo distress bellow is enough to turn a docile, ruminating herd into a battalion of warriors, ready to charge and chase off an entire pride of lions. At this point Mr Hayhurst spotted a pride of lions and returned to his vehicle. We drove, we saw: a pride of lions panting in the shade by a waterhole. First in were wildebeest, zebras and giraffes, and then, after ten years, predators were introduced - two prides of lions, cheetahs and a pack of wild dogs. Perhaps they sat on the cliff above the Ardeche River, surveying the pasture beside the Pont d' Arc, watching a pride of lions take down a large mammal. verbprīdpraɪd pride oneself on/upon Be especially proud of (a particular quality or skill) she'd always prided herself on her ability to deal with a crisis Example sentencesExamples Perhaps we pride ourselves on our qualities of competence and helpfulness, or on being the child of very special parents. Leitch prides himself on his consultative leadership skills and says he strives to get the balance right between being a caring boss and a demanding one. Henry prides himself on the quality of his relationships, which he believes are crucial to success. The friendliness and atmosphere in their pub is something they have always prided themselves on. They pride themselves on the quality of their work and believe that being a small business gives them an enormous advantage over their larger competitors. We pride ourselves on the high quality of our roofing services and offering competitive prices along with a good customer relationship. The food is not only tasty but is an art in itself specific to the Mon people, who also pride themselves on their culinary skills down to the very minute preparation details. He had always prided himself on never stooping to such slang. We pride ourselves on producing a quality product and will do all that we can to ensure our customers have an enjoyable experience when placing an order - or just calling with a question. Trident prides itself on the quality of its workmanship. Burger King said in a statement: ‘We pride ourselves on the high quality of beef used in our products.’ In one sense, radio was indeed an impersonal medium for him - he prided himself on his skills of mimicry and his way with accents. I have prided myself on the quality of my students and consider most of them lifelong friends. I've always prided myself on not needing anyone. True, she did not care much for her peers, but she always prided herself on her observation skills, and to have completely missed the fact that he was in one of her classes for two weeks already was a tad insulting. The club, which has 154 members, prides itself on the high quality of both its speakers and its food. The one thing I always prided myself on, besides my good looks, was my ability to control my anger and not say things that I would regret. Her English teacher, Mrs. Tates, prided herself on always letting the computer randomly pick the seating assignment. His secret is that he works extremely hard both physically and on his skills, and prides himself on his mental toughness. I've always prided myself on not having chest infections - something of a concern to people who use wheelchairs, or at least those who have serious upper body limitations, like I have. Synonyms be proud of, be proud of oneself for, take pride in, take satisfaction in, congratulate oneself on, flatter oneself on, preen oneself on, pat oneself on the back for, revel in, glory in, delight in, exult in, rejoice in, triumph over Phrases one's pride and joy A person or thing of which one is very proud and which is a source of great pleasure. the car was his pride and joy Example sentencesExamples The Brooklyn building, with its three studios, complete with sprung floors and walls of mirrors, is his pride and joy, and he's about to add another two studios. Secretary Martin Armitage said: ‘We will have our observatory telescope aimed at the Sun, as well as our pride and joy - a special solar filter attached to a premium refractor.’ He had a great fondness for horse racing and bred race horses which were his pride and joy. For many owners their leisure vehicle is their pride and joy, and we can't wait to see the amazing ways that they have developed them. While he has produced numerous pieces over the years, including mirror frames, flowers and figurines, his pride and joy is a bed he has been working on for the past seven years. His 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren were his pride and joy. The Old Forge is their pride and joy and to witness the detail around their house, it is easy to understand why they are so comfortable at this beautiful spot. Our garden has always been our pride and joy and we spend every weekend working in it. The luxury is a 19 ft sailing boat on Ullswater, his pride and joy. Ma, the only one in the family who managed to enter university, was their pride and joy. pride goes (or comes) before a fall proverb If you're too conceited or self-important, something will happen to make you look foolish. Example sentencesExamples I guess that's just reality - pride comes before a fall. "I told: pride cometh before the fall, " Isabelle said smartly. "Pride cometh before a fall, Susanna, " we said in unison. He said: ‘They say pride goes before a fall and it's very true.’ It is said that pride goes before a fall, but seldom does one realise that when the time comes the proud wilt and disappear. But you are proud, and if pride goes before a fall, then that's where you're headed for sure. They say that pride comes before a fall and sure enough, after trumpeting my success at virus-hunting yesterday, the first words that greeted me at work this morning were, ‘That virus is back ’. He told Scotland on Sunday: ‘Everyone knows that pride comes before a fall, and no Prime Minister should ever take the electorate for granted.’ Things are going well, including this week's testing, but Hislop has learned in the past that pride comes before a fall. Whether pride goes before a fall, only the turbulent, testing year ahead will tell. pride of place The most prominent or important position among a group of things. the certificate has pride of place on my wall Example sentencesExamples A two-tier white cake decorated with roses took pride of place in the centre of a low-key buffet table. The more recent photographs of the projects undertaken during the millennium year had pride of place. The framed certificate will take pride of place on the wall next to another golfing accolade. Among weapons, the sword occupies pride of place as the symbol of knighthood, justice, and power. In these new galleries, natural light floods a wide corridor where oils by Renoir and Cézanne are given pride of place. Craig Knowles prefers home to school and his action man on the motorbike has pride of place among his toys. And come lunchtime today, when the paper hits the streets, my ad will be in pride of place, there on the front page. An ancient helmet discovered below Coppergate in York will take pride of place in a new exhibition launched next month. It's understood the portraits will continue to take pride of place in the mansion's seven State Rooms. All founding supporters will be listed in a specially designed book which will have pride of place in the Courthouse entrance. Synonyms greater importance, priority, precedence, pre-eminence, preference, superiority, first place, pride of place, weighting, supremacy, ascendancy, sovereignty, dominance, dominion, leadership Origin Late Old English prȳde ‘excessive self-esteem’, variant of prȳtu, prȳte, from prūd (see proud). noun.1 phr.
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