pride

I UK [praɪd] / US noun
Word forms "pride":
singular pride plural prides
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1) [uncountable] a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you get when you, or someone connected with you, have achieved something special

You could see the pride in their faces when they talked about their daughter's acting career.

take/feel/express pride in something:

All the craftsmen take great pride in their work.

with pride:

She can certainly look back on her performance with pride.

a sense/glow of pride:

It gave her a sense of pride to carry the flag.

2)

a) [uncountable] a feeling of respect for yourself

hurt/wound/injure someone's pride:

It hurts his pride that his wife has a job and he doesn't.

restore/salvage pride:

Their win has restored national pride.

b) a feeling that you are better or more important than other people

foolish pride

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See:

swallow I

3) [countable] a group of lions

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take/have pride of place — to be put in the place that is most central or important

Pride of place in her collection goes to the gold medal she won at the 1996 Olympics.

- someone's pride and joy

- the pride of something

II UK [praɪd] / US verb
Word forms "pride":
present tense I/you/we/they pride he/she/it prides present participle priding past tense prided past participle prided

- pride yourself on something