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 →

2) Pride is also the feeling that you are better than others, which can make you unkind (being too proud). tree →

3) Pride is self-respect: not wanting to look weak or foolish. tree →

4) A pride is a group of lions living together. tree →

5) To pride yourself on something means to be proud of it. tree →

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 →
• He takes pride in his neat handwriting. tree →
• A pride of lions rested under a tree. tree →
• Swallow your pride and say sorry. tree →
• The new library is the pride of the town. tree →
• His pride stopped him asking for help. tree →
• The team prides itself on fair play. tree →
• «Pride comes before a fall» means being too proud can lead to trouble. tree →
• Affrighted though she was, Wendy swelled with pride. tree →

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.
• Grown-ups have all the same feelings children have: anger, sadness, fear, loneliness, jealousy, embarrassment and pride.
• Refusing to admit you are lost or wrong is pride; too much pride makes it hard to ask for help or say sorry.
• The Mole, full of lunch and pride, thinks rowing looks easy.
• He was grey and he was woolly, and his pride was inordinate" ("inordinate" = far too much).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pride» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.