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pride of place

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American soundpride of place
prideofplace
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pride - of - place -> pride of place

Myanmar meaning

(idm) အသားပေးထားသည်။

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pride /praÇd/ n

၁။ (က) [U] ~ (in sb/sth) ဂုဏ်။ ဂုဏ်ယူခြင်း။ ပီတိသောမနဿ။ You should take more pride in your appearance. ❍ She looked with pride at the result of her work. ❍ He felt a glow of pride as people stopped to look at his garden.
(ခ) [sing] the ~ of sth ဂုဏ်ဆောင်။ ကျက်သရေဆောင်။ The new sports centre was the pride of the town.
၂။ [U] (derog ) မာန။ ပလွှားမှု။ He was puffed up with pride.
၃။ [U] သိက္ခာ။ Her pride was hurt. ❍ Having to accept the money was a blow to her pride.
၄။ [CGp] ခင်္သြေ့အုပ်။
❏ sb's pride and joy [IDM ] မျက်ရှုကြေးမုံ။ The baby is their pride and joy.
❏ pride comes/goes before a fall [IDM ] (saying ) စောင်မာန်ကြွကြွ၊ တက်လွန်းက၊ လျှောကျနောက်ဆုံး ရှိချေ၏။
❏ pride of place [IDM ] အသားပေးထားသည်။ Your picture has pride of place on my mantelpiece.
❏ pride oneself on sth/doing sth [PHRV ] ဂုဏ်ယူသည်။ He prides himself on always remaining calm in an emergency.

More examples
  • You could see the pride in their faces when they talked about their daughter’s acting career.
  • [take/feel/express pride in something] : All the craftsmen take great pride in their work.
  • [with pride] : She can certainly look back on her performance with pride.
  • [a sense/glow of pride] : It gave her a sense of pride to carry the flag.
  • [hurt/wound/injure someone’s pride] : It hurts his pride that his wife has a job and he doesn’t.
  • [restore/salvage pride] : Their win has restored national pride.
  • Foolish pride
Synonyms
arrogance, conceit, smugness, self-importance, airs, amour-propre, assumption, be proud, big-headedness, boast, brag, choice, cockiness, condescension, congratulate, contumely, cream, crow, delight, dignity, disdain, disdainfulness, ego, ego trip, egoism, egotism, elite, enjoyment, exult, face, fat, felicitate, flatter oneself, flower, gasconade, gem, glory, glory in, gratification, happiness, haughtiness, hauteur, hold head high, honor, hubris, huff, immodesty, insolence, jewel, joy, loftiness, narcissism, overbear, overconfidence, patronage, pick, pique, pleasure, plume, pragmatism, prance, preen, presume, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, pride and joy, pridefulness, prime, prize, proud flesh, puff up, repletion, revel in, satisfaction, self-admiration, self-confidence, self-esteem, self-exaltation, self-glorification, self-love, self-regard, self-respect, self-satisfaction, self-sufficiency, self-trust, self-worth, snobbery, strut, sufficiency, superbity, superciliousness, superiority, swagger, swell, swelled head, top, treasure; best, vainglory, vanity, vaunt
Antonyms
be modest, deprecate, depression, disgrace, gloom, humble, humility, meekness, melancholy, misery, modesty, pain, reality, realness, sadness, shyness, sorrow, timidity, trouble, truth, unhappiness, woe, worst
Cross references
arroganceconceitsmugnessself-importanceairsamour-propreassumptionbe proudbig-headednessboastbragchoicecockinesscondescensioncongratulatecontumelycreamcrowdelightdignitydisdaindisdainfulnessegoego tripegoismegotismeliteenjoyment
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