pride

I. pride¹ S3 W3 /praɪd/ BrE AmE noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: pryde, from prud 'proud']
1. FEELING OF PLEASURE [uncountable] a feeling that you are proud of something that you or someone connected with you has achieved ⇨ proud:
He wore his medals with pride.
pride in
He takes great pride in his children’s achievements.
The people have a sense of pride in their community.
His heart swelled with pride when his daughter came in.
She felt a glow of pride when her name was announced for the prize.
Success in sport is a source of national pride.
2. RESPECT [uncountable] a feeling that you like and respect yourself and that you deserve to be respected by other people ⇨ proud
sb’s pride
It hurt his pride when his wife left him.
I think that getting a job would give him his pride back.
She didn’t try to hide her anger and injured pride.
It’s a matter of pride for some men that their wives don’t have to work.
3. TOO MUCH PRIDE [uncountable] a belief that you are better than other people and do not need their help or support ⇨ proud
sb’s pride
His pride wouldn’t allow him to ask for help.
She ought to swallow her pride (=ignore or forget her feelings of pride) and call him.
4. take pride in your work/appearance etc to do something very carefully and well, in a way that gives you a lot of satisfaction:
Your should take more pride in your work.
She took great pride in her appearance.
5. sb’s pride and joy a person or thing that someone is very proud of:
His garden is his pride and joy.
6. the pride of something
a) the thing or person that the people in a particular place are most proud of:
Wigan’s rugby team was the pride of the town.
b) the best thing in a group:
a beautiful Japanese sword that is the pride of our collection
7. have/take pride of place if something has or takes pride of place, it is put in the best place for people to see because it is the thing you are most proud of:
A large photograph of the children had pride of place on the sitting room wall.
8. LIONS [countable] a group of lions:
A young lion had strayed some distance from the pride.
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COLLOCATIONS
■ adjectives
▪ great pride Caroline is pictured here holding the trophy with great pride.
▪ immense pride (=very great) He takes immense pride in his grandson.
▪ national pride (=pride in your country) A flag is a symbol of national pride.
▪ civic pride (=pride in your town or city) The museum is a vital source of civic pride.
■ verbs
▪ take pride in something (=feel proud of something) She takes pride in her beautiful gardens.
▪ be bursting with pride (=feel very proud) I could see that her mother was bursting with pride.
▪ swell with pride (=start to feel very proud) He would swell with pride as he discussed his department’s achievements.
▪ glow with pride (=look very proud) ‘I knew he could do it,’ she said, glowing with pride.
■ phrases
▪ a sense of pride I still feel a sense of pride at having been a member of the regiment.
▪ a source of pride (=a reason to feel proud) The Chinese Olympic Games were a source of pride to the whole country.
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THESAURUS
▪ satisfaction a feeling of happiness or pleasure, especially because you have achieved something good or useful: Most teachers take great pride and satisfaction in their work.
▪ pride a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you get when you or someone connected with you has achieved something good: Her father’s pride in her accomplishments was clear. | I was blushing with pride because I had been chosen to be on the team.
▪ contentment the feeling of being happy and satisfied because you have what you want or need. Contentment is rather a formal use: Only when you truly know yourself can you find contentment. | He sat back with a look of deep contentment on his face.
▪ fulfilment British English, fulfillment American English a feeling of being satisfied and happy with your life. Fulfilment is rather a formal use: Some women find fulfillment in being a mother, but this is not true for all women.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pride

pride [pride prides prided priding] noun, verb [praɪd] [praɪd]

noun

PLEASURE/SATISFACTION
1. uncountable, singular a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction that you get when you or people who are connected with you have done sth well or own sth that other people admire
• The sight of her son graduating filled her with pride.
• He felt a glow of pride as people stopped to admire his garden.
• ~ (in sth) I take (a) pride in my work.
• ~ (in doing sth) We take great pride in offering the best service in town.
• I looked with pride at what I had achieved.

• Success in sport is a source of national pride.

2. singular the ~ of sth a person or thing that gives people a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction

• The new sports stadium is the pride of the town.

RESPECT FOR YOURSELF

3. uncountable the feeling of respect that you have for yourself
• Pride would not allow him to accept the money.
• Her pride was hurt.
• Losing his job was a real blow to his pride.

• It's time to swallow your pride (= hide your feelings of pride) and ask for your job back.

4. uncountable (disapproving) the feeling that you are better or more important than other people
• Male pride forced him to suffer in silence.

see also proud

LIONS

5. countable + singular or plural verb a group of lions
Word Origin:
late Old English prȳde ‘excessive self-esteem’, variant of prȳtu, prȳte, from prūd ‘having a high opinion of one's own worth’, from Old French prud ‘valiant’, based on Latin prodesse ‘be of value’.
Thesaurus:
pride noun
1. U, sing.
• We take great pride in our nation's success in sport.
satisfaction • • happiness • • contentment • |BrE fulfilment • |AmE fulfillment •
Opp: shame
pride/satisfaction/happiness/contentment/fulfilment in sth
bring sb pride/satisfaction/happiness/contentment/fulfilment
take pride/satisfaction in sth
2. U
• I'm sorry if I hurt your pride.
dignity • • self-esteem • • self-respect • • feelings • |sometimes disapproving ego •
injured/personal pride/dignity/self-esteem/feelings
hurt sb's pride/feelings
restore sb's pride/dignity/self-esteem/self-respect
3. U (disapproving)
• Male pride forced him to suffer in silence.
egoism • • vanity • • arrogance • |especially written conceit • |literary hubris •
Opp: humility, Opp: modesty
appeal to sb's pride/vanity
Synonyms:
satisfaction
happiness • pride • contentment • fulfilment
These are all words for the good feeling that you have when you are happy or when you have achieved sth.
satisfaction • the good feeling that you have when you have achieved sth or when sth that you wanted to happen does happen: ▪ He derived great satisfaction from knowing that his son was happy.
happiness • the good feeling that you have when you are happy: ▪ Money can't buy you happiness.
pride • a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction that you get when you or people who are connected with you have done sth well or own sth that other people admire: ▪ The sight of her son graduating filled her with pride.
contentment • (rather formal) a feeling of happiness or satisfaction with what you have: ▪ They found contentment in living a simple life.
fulfilment • a feeling of happiness or satisfaction with what you do or have done: ▪ her search for personal fulfilment
satisfaction, happiness, contentment or fulfilment?
You can feel satisfaction at achieving almost anything, small or large; you feel fulfilment when you do sth useful and enjoyable with your life. Happiness is the feeling you have when things give you pleasure and can be quite a lively feeling; contentment is a quieter feeling that you get when you have learned to find pleasure in things.
satisfaction/happiness/pride/contentment/fulfilment in sth
real satisfaction/happiness/pride/contentment/fulfilment
true satisfaction/happiness/contentment/fulfilment
great satisfaction/happiness/pride
quiet satisfaction/pride/contentment
to feel satisfaction/happiness/pride/contentment
to bring sb satisfaction/happiness/pride/contentment/fulfilment
to find satisfaction/happiness/contentment/fulfilment
Example Bank:
• Businesses rushed to include images of patriotic pride in their marketing.
• He smiled with fatherly pride.
• He swelled with pride as he held the trophy.
• He was nursing his hurt pride.
• His masculine pride would not let him admit that a girl had defeated him.
• I didn't mean to hurt your pride.
• I don't want your money— I have my pride, you know!
• I wear my policeman's uniform with pride.
• It is a matter of pride for him that he has never accepted money from his family.
• It was foolish pride that prevented me from believing her.
• It would be stupid to refuse through pride.
• She expressed pride in her child's achievement.
• She refused his offer tactfully, allowing him to go away with his pride intact.
• She refused their help out of pride.
• She swallowed her pride and called him.
• She takes great pride in her work.
• She took justifiable pride in her son's achievements.
• Their reputation for fairness is a matter for pride.
• They have a fierce pride in their traditions.
• They have a strong sense of pride in their work.
• They managed to salvage some pride with a late goal.
• We want to restore pride in our public services.
• the politics of racial pride and Black Power
• He loves that boat, it's his pride and joy.
• His pride would not allow him to admit she was right.
• I take (a) pride in my work.
• I'm sorry if I hurt your pride.
• It's time to swallow your pride and ask for help.
• She was conceited, haughty and full of pride and arrogance.
• What's wrong— did I hurt your macho pride?
• You're going to have to swallow your pride and ask for your job back.
Idioms: pride goes before a fall ▪ pride of place ▪ somebody's pride and joy

Derived: pride yourself on on doing something

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

pride / praɪd / noun (SATISFACTION)

B2 [ U ] a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you get because you or people connected with you have done or got something good:

She felt a great sense of pride as she watched him accept the award.

He felt such pride walking his little daughter down the street.

→ See also proud adjective (SATISFIED)

take pride in sth/sb to feel very pleased about something or someone you are closely connected with:

If you don't take professional pride in your work, you're probably in the wrong job.

pride / praɪd / noun [ U ] (RESPECT FOR YOURSELF)

B2 your feelings of your own worth and respect for yourself:

She has too much pride to accept any help.

The country's national pride has been damaged by its sporting failures.

pride / praɪd / noun [ U ] disapproving (FEELING OF IMPORTANCE)

the belief that you are better or more important than other people:

Pride was his downfall.

→ See also proud adjective (FEELING IMPORTANT)

pride / praɪd / noun [ C ] (LIONS)

a group of lions

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

pride

/praɪd/
(prides, priding, prided)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.
Pride is a feeling of satisfaction which you have because you or people close to you have done something good or possess something good.
...the sense of pride in a job well done...
We take pride in offering you the highest standards...
They can look back on their endeavours with pride.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N in n/-ing

2.
Pride is a sense of the respect that other people have for you, and that you have for yourself.
It was a severe blow to Kendall’s pride.
= self-esteem
N-UNCOUNT

3.
Someone’s pride is the feeling that they have that they are better or more important than other people.
His pride may still be his downfall.
= arrogance
N-UNCOUNT [disapproval]

4.
If you pride yourself on a quality or skill that you have, you are very proud of it.
Smith prides himself on being able to organise his own life...
VERB: V pron-refl on -ing/n

5.
Someone or something that is your pride and joy is very important to you and makes you feel very happy.
The bike soon became his pride and joy.
PHRASE: v-link PHR

6.
If something takes pride of place, it is treated as the most important thing in a group of things.
A three-foot-high silver World Championship cup takes pride of place near a carved wooden chair...
PHRASE: PHR after v

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

¹pride /ˈpraɪd/ noun, pl prides
1 [noncount]
a : a feeling that you respect yourself and deserve to be respected by other people : self-respect
• 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.
b : a feeling that you are more important or better than other people
• 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.
2 a : a feeling of happiness that you get when you or someone you know does something good, difficult, etc.

[noncount]

• The sight of her son holding the trophy filled her with pride. [=made her very proud]
• She spoke with pride [=she spoke proudly] about her son's achievements.
• She looked at her painting with pride. [=satisfaction]
• He takes pride in [=is proud of] his work.

[singular]

• He showed a great/immense pride in his family.
b [singular] : a person or thing that makes you feel proud
• These young people are the pride of their community.
3 [count] : a group of lions
pride and joy : someone or something that makes you very proud and happy
• Our children are our pride and joy.
• The car is his pride and joy.
pride of place : the highest position or best place
• The Nobel Prize winner was given pride of place at the conference.
• The statue has pride of place in the center of town.
• A picture of their children took pride of place on the wall.
- pride·ful /ˈpraɪdfəl/ adj [more ~; most ~] US
• a prideful [=proud] parent
• He was too prideful to accept their help.
- pride·ful·ly adv US