/praɪd/
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Translation
The good feeling you get when you, or the people close to you, have done something well.
Word origin
From Old English pryde, the noun that belongs with the adjective proud.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- pryde
- English cognates
- proud
Examples
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Pride is a feeling, so it has no plural here.
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"Take pride in something" means to be proud of it.
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Pride can also mean thinking too well of yourself.
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