Definition of pride
1 : the quality or state of being proud: such asa : inordinate self-esteem : conceitb : a reasonable or justifiable self-respectc : delight or elation arising from some act, possession, or relationship parental pride
2 : proud or disdainful behavior or treatment : disdain
3a : ostentatious displayb : highest pitch : prime
4 : a source of pride : the best in a group or class
5 : a company of lions
6 : a showy or impressive group a pride of dancers
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Examples of pride in a Sentence
Being able to work again gave him his pride back.
Getting caught cheating stripped him of his pride.
Pride would not allow her to give up.
It's a matter of pride that he does the work all by himself.
The novel is about a family consumed with pride and vanity.
They needed help, but their pride wouldn't let them ask for it.
I had to swallow my pride and admit I made a mistake.
He showed a great pride in his family.
These young people are the pride of their community.
Recent Examples of pride from the Web
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India’s post-independence self-reliance model may have brought pride but not prosperity.
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Assessing the fate of the Republican plan to roll back Obamacare, which is now officially dead, Trump expresses pride in the fact that 48 Republican senators had not officially announced their opposition as of last night.
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In previous Spider-Man movies, there's a scene when good New Yorkers step in to save their friendly neighborhood Spider-Man from peril—with the usual shot of an American flag, elevating hometown pride into full-fledged patriotism.
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Swell in the pride and love expressed by Gabriel Navarro, a first-generation immigrant from Mexico, in writing in 1943 to his son, Porfirio, a Marine corporal.
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Picking up his cues from his boss, Spicer came charging out of the gate in his first press briefing, lambasting the media for underestimating the turnout for Trump’s inauguration, an insult to Trump’s size-queen pride.
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A range of emotions, mostly discrete yet also overlapping, prevails in the city — from pride at being part of a great nation to anxiety about being swallowed up by that same great nation.
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President Donald Trump’s staff has taken notice of a Republican LGBT group in Charlotte that was banned this month from participating in the city’s annual gay pride parade.
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The West Fund, which takes pride in focusing on those seeking care in west Texas and New Mexico, reported that the average age of their patients is 24 years old.
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vanity vs. pride
People often turn to the dictionary in search of the minute and subtle differences between two similar words. The closely related duo of vanity and pride, which overlap significantly in some respects yet differ in others, offer one such example. Putting aside such uses as pride referring to “a company of lions” and vanity meaning “a dressing table,” each of these words may refer to a state of excessive self-esteem. However, pride may also signify a feeling of satisfaction or happiness (either in oneself or on behalf of others) based on something that is well done; vanity is unlikely to be used in this manner. For a well-worded explanation of this distinction, we might look to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, in which the character Mary opines: “Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
Origin and Etymology of pride
Middle English, from Old English prȳde, from prūd proud — more at proud
pride
Definition of pride
prided
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transitive verb
: to indulge (oneself) in pride —now usually used in the phrase pride oneself on to describe taking pride in some ability, quality, etc. She was a girl who prided herself on her carefully blasé and supercilious attitude towards life. — P. G. Wodehouse
Examples of pride in a Sentence
he prides himself on the quality of his writing
Recent Examples of pride from the Web
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Especially for someone who prides myself in being none of that.
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Mud. Facial Bar prides itself on not being the typical spa.
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As for what brings customers back one decade after another, Sanders continues to pride himself in the simplicity of the product, topped with important elements that might separate it.
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But this is a team that has prided itself in timely hitting … pitchers Adrian Gonzales (8-1), Peyton Sherlin (9-3) and Clay Aguilar (8-1) have combined 25 wins.
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Scientific journals pride themselves on peer review—where outside experts evaluate research—but the Correspondence section that published Porter and Jick’s letter doesn’t usually follow the same standard.
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The rub is that, of all North County’s nine cities, Oceanside can pride itself on its history of strong minority leadership.
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One said Ross had lost him with the hyperbole: promises of disrupting trillion-dollar markets might fly on Sand Hill Road, but in Denver, a city that prided itself on unpretentiousness, that kind of talk got people’s backs up.
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But for a country that prides itself in the lowering of infant mortality, concerns about the health of the mother in the days and weeks after birth has declined to the point that even preventable illnesses are going under-treated, or untreated.
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First Known Use of pride
13th century
Pride
playDefinition of Pride
Thomas died 1658 English Parliamentarian commander
PRIDE Defined for English Language Learners
pride
playDefinition of pride for English Language Learners
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: a feeling that you respect yourself and deserve to be respected by other people
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: a feeling that you are more important or better than other people
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: a feeling of happiness that you get when you or someone you know does something good, difficult, etc.
PRIDE Defined for Kids
Definition of pride for Students
1 : a reasonable and justifiable feeling of being worthwhile : self-respect
2 : a feeling of being better than others
3 : a sense of pleasure that comes from some act or possession Parents take pride in their children's progress.
4 : someone or something that makes someone proud That car is my pride and joy.
Definition of pride for Students
prided
;priding
: to feel self-esteem I pride myself on my accurate spelling.
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