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# pride

«pride» in Mova's school dictionary: **the happy feeling you have when you or someone close to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (pride, a pride); verb (pride oneself on)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Pride is the happy feeling you have when you or someone close to you does something good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pride/#m1)

2) Pride is also the feeling that you are better than others, which can make you unkind (being too proud). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pride/#m2)

3) Pride is self-respect: not wanting to look weak or foolish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pride/#m3)

4) A pride is a group of lions living together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pride/#m4)

5) To pride yourself on something means to be proud of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pride/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In PSHE pupils learn healthy pride in effort and achievement versus pride that looks down on others; many stories and fables show pride coming before a fall. In science a pride of lions is a family group. Phrases: «take pride in», «with pride», «the pride of», «pride of lions», «pride comes before a fall», «swallow your pride».

### examples

- She felt pride when her picture won a prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pride/#x1)
- He takes pride in his neat handwriting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pride/#x2)
- A pride of lions rested under a tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pride/#x3)
- Swallow your pride and say sorry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pride/#x4)
- The new library is the pride of the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pride/#x5)
- His pride stopped him asking for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pride/#x6)
- The team prides itself on fair play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pride/#x7)
- «Pride comes before a fall» means being too proud can lead to trouble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pride/#x8)
- Affrighted though she was, Wendy swelled with pride. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pride/#x9)

### note

Usually uncountable; «a pride» only for lions. Adjective «proud». Trap: «pride» can be good (self-respect) or bad (arrogance); context tells you which. Do not confuse with «pried» (past of pry).

### In the corpora

- [Grown-ups sometimes cry "happy tears" when they feel strong happy feelings like love or pride.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/14/)
- [Grown-ups have all the same feelings children have: anger, sadness, fear, loneliness, jealousy, embarrassment and pride.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/0/)
- [Refusing to admit you are lost or wrong is pride; too much pride makes it hard to ask for help or say sorry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/18/)
- [The Mole, full of lunch and pride, thinks rowing looks easy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/1/)
- [He was grey and he was woolly, and his pride was inordinate" ("inordinate" = far too much).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/81-justso-old-man-kangaroo/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pride» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pride/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.