{
    "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’."
}