(~s, priding, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Pride is a feeling of satisfaction which you have because you or people close to you have done something good or possess something good.
...the sense of ~ in a job well done...
We take ~ in offering you the highest standards...
They can look back on their endeavours with ~.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N in n/-ing
2.
Pride is a sense of the respect that other people have for you, and that you have for yourself.
It was a severe blow to Kendall’s ~.
= self-esteem
N-UNCOUNT
3.
Someone’s ~ is the feeling that they have that they are better or more important than other people.
His ~ may still be his downfall.
= arrogance
N-UNCOUNT disapproval
4.
If you ~ yourself on a quality or skill that you have, you are very proud of it.
Smith ~s himself on being able to organise his own life...
VERB: V pron-refl on -ing/n
5.
Someone or something that is your ~ and joy is very important to you and makes you feel very happy.
The bike soon became his ~ and joy.
PHRASE: v-link PHR
6.
If something takes ~ of place, it is treated as the most important thing in a group of things.
A three-foot-high silver World Championship cup takes ~ of place near a carved wooden chair...
PHRASE: PHR after v