Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pride
Participle: prided
Gerund: priding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pride |
| you | pride |
| he;she;it | prides |
| we | pride |
| you | pride |
| they | pride |
Perfect
| I | have prided |
| you | have prided |
| he;she;it | has prided |
| we | have prided |
| you | have prided |
| they | have prided |
Past
| I | prided |
| you | prided |
| he;she;it | prided |
| we | prided |
| you | prided |
| they | prided |
Pluperfect
| I | had prided |
| you | had prided |
| he;she;it | had prided |
| we | had prided |
| you | had prided |
| they | had prided |
Future
| I | will pride |
| you | will pride |
| he;she;it | will pride |
| we | will pride |
| you | will pride |
| they | will pride |
Future Perfect
| I | will have prided |
| you | will have prided |
| he;she;it | will have prided |
| we | will have prided |
| you | will have prided |
| they | will have prided |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pride |
| you | pride |
| he;she;it | pride |
| we | pride |
| you | pride |
| they | pride |
Perfect
| I | have prided |
| you | have prided |
| he;she;it | have prided |
| we | have prided |
| you | have prided |
| they | have prided |
Imperfect
| I | prided |
| you | prided |
| he;she;it | prided |
| we | prided |
| you | prided |
| they | prided |
Pluperfect
| I | had prided |
| you | had prided |
| he;she;it | had prided |
| we | had prided |
| you | had prided |
| they | had prided |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pride |
| you | would pride |
| he;she;it | would pride |
| we | would pride |
| you | would pride |
| they | would pride |
Perfect
| I | would have prided |
| you | would have prided |
| he;she;it | would have prided |
| we | would have prided |
| you | would have prided |
| they | would have prided |
Imperative
| you | pride |
| we | Let's pride |
| you | pride |
Verbs conjugated like 'pride'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pride'
bride,
gride,
prede,
price,
prie,
prime,
prise,
prize,
ride,
abide,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English pryde, pride, from Old English prȳde, prȳte (“pride”) (compare Old Norse prýði (“bravery, pomp”)), derivative of Old English prūd (“proud”). More at proud. The verb derives from the noun, at least since the 12th century.
Sample Sentences
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I pride myself on being a good judge of character.
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Ichabod prided himself upon his dancing as much as upon his vocal powers. Not a limb, not a fibre about him was idle; and to have seen his loosely hung frame in full motion and clattering about the room you would have thought Saint Vitus himself, that blessed patron of the dance, was figuring before you in person. [1820, Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow:]
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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:]