Meaning of pride | Babel Free

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1. 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.
2. A surname.
3. The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.
   uncountable
4. pride (arrogance, haughtiness)
5. The quality or state of being proud.
   countable, uncountable
6. A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc).
   countable, uncountable
7. A movement encouraging a positive approach to personal identity amongst LGBTQ people.
8. pride (sense of self-worth)
9. To indulge (oneself) in a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction: I pride myself on this beautiful garden.
10. An unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, or looks, wealth, importance, etc., which comes across as being haughty, lofty, and often showing contempt of others; exaggerated self-worth.
    countable, uncountable
11. pride (something of which one is proud)
12. take pride in, to be proud of.
13. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance.
    countable, uncountable
14. 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
    countable, uncountable
15. alternative letter-case form of Orgullo (“Pride; festival for LGBT people”); pride
16. Thomas, died 1658, English soldier and regicide.
17. Show; ostentation; glory.
    countable, uncountable
18. To be proud of (oneself), as for an accomplishment or achievement:congratulate, plume, preen.
19. Highest level or rank; (figurative) elevation reached; loftiness or glory.
    countable, uncountable
20. to be the object of the pride of. He was his parents' pride and joy. trots مَصدَر الفَخْر والإعْتِزاز бивам гордостта на ser o orgulho de být něčí pýcha a radost der Stolz und die Freude sein von stolthed είμαι το καμάρι ser el orgullo de au ja uhkus olema مایه افتخار ylpeys être la fierté de מָקוֹר גַאֲוָוה प्रिय व्यक्ति या वस्तु ponos i dika büszkesége vkinek kebanggaan vera stolt og yndi essere l'orgoglio di ～の自慢の種 자부심의 대상이 되다 būti (kieno) pasididžiavimu būt (kāda) lepnumam un priekam keba...
21. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
    countable, uncountable
22. the finest thing in (a certain group etc). The pride of our collection is this painting trots مَفْخَرَه гордостта на joia chlouba der Stolz von stolthed καύχημα la joya de uhkusasi گل سر سبد kruununjalokivi מָקוֹר גַאֲוָוה बेहतरीन चीज sjaj, biti ponosan na gyöngyszem yang terbaik stolt vanto 最良 가장 내세울 만한 것 pažiba lepnums; vislielākā vērtība; dārgums yg paling istimewa pronkstuk stolthet, heders- chluba وياړني jóia bijuterie предмет гордости pýcha, chvála ponos ponos blomman (kronan, dyrgripen...
    etc
23. Lust or heat; sexual desire (especially in a female animal)
    archaic, countable, uncountable
24. the most important place. They gave pride of place at the exhibition to a Chinese vase. ereplek أفْضَل الأماكِن най-важно място lugar de honra čestné místo der Ehrenplatz æresplads η καλύτερη θέση lugar de honor parim koht مهمترین یا عالی ترین چیز بودن tärkein paikka place d'honneur הַמָקוֹם הַרִאשוֹן मद, गर्व, उच्च पद का मद, राजमद divota előkelő hely tempat terpenting heiðursstaður (posto d'onore) 最高の位置 최고의 자리 garbingiausia vieta goda vieta tempat istimewa ereplaats hedersplass honorowe miej...
25. A company of lions or other large felines.
    collective, countable, uncountable
26. to take pride in, or feel satisfaction with (something one has done, achieved etc). He prides himself on his driving skill. trots wees op يَفْتَخِر، يَعْتَز гордея се orgulhar-se de být hrdý na stolz sein auf bryste sig af καμαρώνω, υπερηφανεύομαι για enorgullecerse, sentirse/estar orgulloso de (millegi üle) uhke olema نازیدن ylpeillä être fier de לְהִתגָאוֹת पर गर्व करना opravdan ponos büszkélkedik vmivel membanggakan hrósa sér af, vera stoltur af andare fiero di ～を自慢する 자랑하다 didžiuotis lepot...
    etc
27. Alternative letter-case form of Pride (“festival for LGBT people”).
    alt-of, countable, uncountable
28. to feel pride about. You should take more pride in (=care more for) your appearance. trots wees op يَتَفاخَر، يَتَباهى гордея се с dar atenção a pečovat o, dbát na seinen Stolz setzen in sætte ære i περηφανεύομαι για preocuparse por, tomar en serio uhke olema, hoolitsema به خود بالیدن olla ylpeä jstk prendre soin de לְהִתגָאוֹת בְּ- गर्व का अनुभव करना progurati ponos büszke vmire merasa bangga vera stoltur af essere orgoglioso di ～を自慢する 자랑스럽게 생각하다 puoselėti, rūpintis []domāt; []rūpēties; izce...
29. A sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Pride goeth before the fall.”

“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”

“lofty trees yclad with summer's pride”

“Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war.”

“a falcon, towering in her pride of place”

“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 able to seize/establish a family pride of their own.”

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

“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[…].”

“It's Pride this weekend, Tom, and Brighton will be packed again. Remember that your first duty is ensuring community safety.”

“You ask about the parade where I was wearing a jump suit? Actually, it was a black wet suit with a red stripe. It was Pride Week and it was cold!”

“The debates about representation, tone, and the gravity of Pride have persisted to the present day. But by 1975, after six years of growth, Pride was established as an annual parade with themes of public declaration of gay identity, unity among diverse people, celebration, and a continued demand for social change. Like the first events in 1970, the core of the Pride phenomenon was rooted in the actions of gays publicly showing themselves as they are and without apology.”

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