Meaning & use

pride

noun·Everyday

A feeling of deep satisfaction and pleasure from one's own achievements or those of someone close.

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He beamed with pride as his daughter accepted her diploma.

The town takes great pride in its historic, well-preserved downtown.

A note on using this word

A group of lions is called a 'pride,' an unrelated sense drawn from an old collective noun for the animals.

Words with a similar meaning

satisfactionself-respect

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Another way to use it

2. noun

A group of lions living together as a social unit.

A pride of lions rested in the shade near the watering hole.

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