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{
"term": "pride",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a feeling of being pleased or satisfied that you get when you or people who are connected with you have done something well or own something that other people admire",
"sensetop": "pride in somethingpride in doing somethingwith pride",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The sight of her son graduating filled her with pride."
},
{
"text": "He felt a glow of pride as people stopped to admire his garden."
},
{
"text": "Success in sport is a source of **national pride**."
},
{
"text": "I **take (a) pride in** my work.",
"contextForm": "pride in something"
},
{
"text": "They have a strong **sense of pride** in their work."
},
{
"text": "Their reputation for fairness is a matter of pride."
},
{
"text": "We take great pride in offering the best service in town.",
"contextForm": "pride in doing something"
},
{
"text": "I looked with pride at what I had achieved.",
"contextForm": "with pride"
},
{
"text": "He smiled with fatherly pride."
},
{
"text": "She swelled with pride as she held the trophy."
},
{
"text": "I wear my policeman's uniform with pride."
},
{
"text": "the politics of racial pride and Black Power"
},
{
"text": "They have a fierce pride in their traditions."
},
{
"text": "She expressed pride in her child's achievement."
},
{
"text": "Businesses rushed to include images of patriotic pride in their marketing."
},
{
"text": "We want to restore pride in our public services."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fierce", "great", "justifiable"],
"verb + pride": ["feel", "have", "swell with"],
"preposition": ["with pride", "pride in"],
"phrases": [
"a cause for pride",
"a matter for pride",
"a source of pride"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person or thing that makes people feel pleased or satisfied",
"sensetop": "the pride of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The new sports stadium is the pride of the town."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the feeling of respect that you have for yourself",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Pride would not allow him to accept the money."
},
{
"text": "Her pride was hurt."
},
{
"text": "Losing his job was a real **blow to his pride**."
},
{
"text": "It's time to **swallow your pride** *(= hide your feelings of pride)* and ask for your job back."
},
{
"text": "He was nursing his hurt pride."
},
{
"text": "They managed to salvage some pride with a late goal."
},
{
"text": "She refused his offer tactfully, allowing him to go away with his pride intact."
},
{
"text": "I don't want your money—I have my pride, you know!"
},
{
"text": "She refused their help out of pride."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "family", "masculine"],
"verb + pride": ["have", "hurt", "wound"],
"preposition": ["out of pride", "through pride"],
"phrases": [
"a matter of pride",
"a sense of pride",
"with your pride intact"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the feeling that you are better or more important than other people",
"labels": "(disapproving)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was full of pride and arrogance and despised ordinary people."
},
{
"text": "His male pride would not let him admit that a woman had defeated him."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a group of lions",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This pride of lions is/are resting after a hunt."
}
],
"topics": ["Animals"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a person or thing that causes somebody to feel very pleased or satisfied",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The car is her pride and joy."
},
{
"text": "He loves that boat—it's his pride and joy."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "if you have too high an opinion of yourself or your abilities, something will happen to make you look stupid",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the position in which something is most easily seen, that is given to the most important thing in a particular group",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The photo was given pride of place on the mantelpiece."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/praɪd/",
"audio": "pr/pride/pride__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/praɪd/",
"audio": "pr/pride/pride__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Old English prȳde ‘excessive self-esteem’, variant of prȳtu, prȳte, from prūd ‘having a high opinion of one's own worth’, from Old French prud ‘valiant’, based on Latin prodesse ‘be of value’."
}