Plural of pride
regular plural
The plural of pride is prides.
Forms of pride
| Singular | pride /pɹaɪd/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | prides /pɹaɪdz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Prides in a sentence
- 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.2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, page 32
- The company prides itself for staying at the cutting edge of technology.From the entry cutting edge
- Chelsea Adair, the owner of Salon Adair, prides herself for mixing it up with a new look almost every month.2020 June 1, Jeff Zevely, “The News 8 team desperately needs a COVID haircut”, in CBS8, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2022. From the entry covid cut
- Andy Cohen prides himself on being a “gold star gay,” which means he’s never hooked up with a woman.2016 November 15, Chancellor Agard, “Andy Cohen talks almost losing gold star gay status in threesome”, in Entertainment Weekly, archived…. From the entry gold star gay
- Science prides itself on being proper and precise, and any type of flamboyantness is looked upon with distrust.1971, “Cultural Definitions of the Female Professional”, in Athena Theodore, editor, The Professional Woman, Cambridge, Mass.: Schenkman…. From the entry flamboyantness
Meaning of pride
- noun A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc).
- noun 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.
- noun Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance.
Questions about the plural of pride
- What is the plural of pride?
- The plural of pride is prides.
- Is pride countable?
- Pride is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pride (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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