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adjective

/praʊd/

adjective	proud
comparative	prouder
superlative	proudest

Metaphor

1
feeling happy about your achievements, your possessions, or people who you are connected with
proud of:
We're so proud of her for telling the truth.
be proud to do something:
I'm proud to say we made the right decision.
proud (that):
We're proud that they choose our hotel for their conferences.
the proud owner of something:
The next day I became the proud owner of a full set of tools.
make someone proud (=do something good that makes people you are connected with feel proud):
You've made your mother very proud.
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1. a.
  used about things you are proud of
  The country has a proud record of sporting achievement.
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2. b.
  used about someone who feels so proud that they think they are better than other people
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Collocations: proud
Collocations
proud1
▪ fiercely, immensely, inordinately, intensely, justifiably, justly, rightly
2
a proud person does not like other people to help them or to think they are weak
a proud and independent nation of people
be too proud to do something:
I was too proud to admit I didn't understand.
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3
formal further forward than the rest of something or than a surface
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phrase

do someone proud
informal
to do something good that makes people you are connected with feel proud
The team has done the fans proud today.
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derived word

proudly

adverb

Metaphor: proud

Metaphor

Being too proud, and thinking that you are better than other people, is like being high up. Being humble is like being low down.

I can't stand that superior attitude of his!
They look down on everyone who isn't as rich as they are.
She's got very uppity since she was promoted.
Despite his great wealth, he's not at all stuck-up.
She treated other people with lofty disdain.
They look down their noses at people like us.
I don't know why you're being so high and mighty all of a sudden.
He rose from lowly origins.
His family snubbed her because she was low-born.
We were taught to look up to people from a higher class.
The way you crawl to him makes me sick.
I'm not going to abase myself before anyone.
They regarded ordinary working people as their social inferiors.

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