pride

pride1 [ praıd ] noun **

1. ) uncount 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.

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

with pride: She can certainly look back on her performance with pride.

2. ) uncount a feeling of respect for yourself: DIGNITY:

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.

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

foolish pride

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3. ) count a group of lions

someone's pride and joy

a person or possession that gives someone a lot of happiness and satisfaction

the pride of something

someone or something that makes the people in a particular place feel very proud:

the sad death of an industry that was once the pride of Scotland

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.

pride

pride 2 [ praıd ] verb

pride yourself on something

to feel proud about an achievement, skill, or special quality that you have:

We pride ourselves on the quality and thoroughness of our work.

Jen prided herself on being fair and honest with all of her students.