pride

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The quality or state of being proud.

   “He swelled with pride as he held the trophy. His family watched with pride from the bleachers.”

   “He takes great pride in his work.”

   “He had pride of ownership in his department.”

   “My chief attention therefore was now to bring down the pride of my family to their circumstances; for I well knew that aspiring beggary is wretchedness itself.”

   “A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.”

2. (countable, uncountable)The quality or state of being proud.
3. (countable, uncountable)Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance.

   “Pride goeth before the fall.”

4. (countable, uncountable)Something or someone of which one is proud; that which is the source of self-congratulation and self-esteem (whether reasonable or arrogant), for example

   “Her long ginger hair is her pride.”

   “The 18th century table is the pride of Mark's house/”

   “My children's accomplishments are my pride.”

   “And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.”

   “a bold peasantry, their country's pride”

5. (countable, uncountable)Show; ostentation; glory.

   “lofty trees yclad with summer's pride”

   “Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war.”

6. (countable, uncountable)Highest level or rank; (figurative) elevation reached; loftiness or glory.

   “a falcon, towering in her pride of place”

7. (countable, uncountable)Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
8. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Lust or heat; sexual desire (especially in a female animal)
9. (collective, countable, uncountable)A company of lions or other large felines.

   “A pride of lions often consists of a dominant male, his harem and their offspring, but young adult males 'leave home' to roam about as bachelors pride until they are able to seize/establish a family pride of their own.”

10. (alt-of, countable, uncountable)Alternative letter-case form of Pride (“festival for LGBT people”).

    “For quotations using this term, see Citations:pride.”

11. (uncountable)The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.
12. A festival or other event, usually involving a march or parade and organized annually within a city, to celebrate the experiences and identities of LGBTQ people and to promote their interests and rights.

    “The Penn. Council for Sexual Minorities and the Penn. Rural Gay Caucus have rescheduled their gay conference for April 7, 8 and 9. Pride '78 has been expanded following the snowstorm which postponed the conference in January. […] Groups, merchants, craftspeople and individuals interested in attending Pride '78 should call 717-697-3482 or 215-437-2642.”

    “We are encouraging students to participate in a provincial queer youth talent search. This is a yearlong campaign. The first show is on Oct. 16, and we are organizing a Pride Week Venue for our Finalists!”

    “And I was goin' out to meet ya, well when I went out to meet you, I felt soooo exposed and such a minority. I never felt like that in Glasgow walkin' in the streets like that, going to Pride … There's much more of a celebration feeling or warmth, a warmth towards it. In Edinburgh I felt much more antagonist energy.”

    “We've been pretty closeted until now. […] So you can imagine how I felt about going to Pride. But when Andrea said she wanted to go, I gave it [a] shot.”

    “Pride events are no longer confined to major cities […] Nor are Pride events limited to white, affluent LGBs who can afford high ticket prices: there are youth Prides in the UK, many events have retained their political origins and offer free entry, and Black Pride events are held in nine US cities[…].”

13. A movement encouraging a positive approach to personal identity amongst LGBTQ people.

verb

1. (reflexive)To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it.

   “I pride myself on being a good judge of character.”

   “Ichabod prided himself upon his dancing as much as upon his vocal powers. Not a limb, not a fibre about him was idle; and to have seen his loosely hung frame in full motion and clattering about the room you would have thought Saint Vitus himself, that blessed patron of the dance, was figuring before you in person.”

   “RAIB prides itself on being able to send any of its inspectors to site with sufficient investigative skills and technical knowledge to gather evidence for any type of accident.”

name

1. A surname.