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# proud

«proud» in Mova's school dictionary: **Feeling pleased and happy about something good that you…** — 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

adjective (proud, prouder, proudest); adverb: proudly; noun: pride

### meaning for a pupil

1) Feeling pleased and happy about something good that you or someone close to you has done or has (proud of my drawing, proud of you). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proud/#m1)

2) Having respect for yourself; not wanting to ask for help or seem weak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proud/#m2)

3) Thinking you are better than others (too proud, a proud and rude king) — a bad sense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proud/#m3)

4) Something that gives pride (a proud moment). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proud/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In feelings lessons, being proud of your effort is healthy; it helps you keep trying. Parents and teachers say «I'm proud of you». In stories, a proud character may be admirable, or may learn a lesson because pride makes them boastful (pride comes before a fall). Phrases: proud of, proud to, do someone proud, a proud moment, proudly.

### examples

- I'm proud of my science project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proud/#x1)
- Mum said she was proud of me for telling the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proud/#x2)
- He was proud to carry the flag at the parade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proud/#x3)
- The proud lion stood on the rock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proud/#x4)
- She proudly showed us her medal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proud/#x5)
- The proud king would not listen to anyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proud/#x6)
- Be proud of your effort, not just the result. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proud/#x7)
- He was proud of his son. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proud/#x8)

### note

«Proud of» (not «proud on» or «proud for»). Noun: pride. Good pride (pleased with effort) vs bad pride (boasting, looking down on others) — context tells which.

### In the corpora

- [A parent showing your drawing to everyone at work is proud of you; parents show off their children because it makes them happy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so/13/)
- [She is proud of that word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1/4/)
- [The Otter: «Proud, I'm sure» — an old polite way of saying «pleased to meet you».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/19/)
- [The Badger fears Toad will be so proud of his clever trick that he may do any silly thing now.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/38/)
- [Taffy finishes her picture, proud of it, and asks if the Stranger-man understands.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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