Meaning & use
pride
A feeling of deep satisfaction and pleasure from one's own achievements or those of someone close.
See it in a sentence
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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