prided
SayPRYD-id/ˈpɹaɪdɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of pride.
He prided himself on knowing every regular customer by name.
The old firm prided itself on never missing a deadline.
Note
A form that rarely travels without its reflexive pronoun: she prided herself, they prided themselves. What the pride is taken in follows on (prided himself on his punctuality), whereas the noun phrase takes in (took pride in her work). One spelling serves as both past tense and participle, so the perfect simply adds have: the town has long prided itself on its harbor.
prided is a form of pride
pride, verb: To take pride in something or be proud of it, used with a reflexive pronoun and on or upon. Full entry
- Spelling
- pride → prided: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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