(superl.) Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense
(superl.) Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous.
(superl.) Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country.
(superl.) Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious.
(superl.) Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals.
Example Sentences:
(1) It’s as though the nation is in the grip of an hysteria that would make Joseph McCarthy proud.
(2) "I am deeply proud of the achievements of the Met since I became commissioner.
(3) Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian Asked if Watson should seek to refresh his mandate after Corbyn’s overwhelming victory among members, McCluskey added: “Well, if Tom wants to try to refresh his mandate it would be interesting to see what happens.” Watson said it was time “to be proud of our party”, because the Conservatives were beatable and the prime minister, Theresa May, could call an election any time.
(4) Proud of the way his forces behaved, he plans to frame the operational map of the night for his office wall.
(5) Baker was proud of having fired her dramatic coach from the set and needing a maximum of only five takes for the difficult actress.
(6) So we were proud in 1997 to put forward the case for Britain’s first minimum wage.
(7) I’m proud of my team and of women’s football, it was an incredible performance,” he said.
(8) Social workers are blamed and vilified, but we should be proud of what we do Read more “We have six seats for 11 people,” says Sarah Grade*, a children and families social worker based in south London.
(9) Katwala says the old choice was between national pride on the one hand and acceptance that Britain had changed on the other: "Now we can be proud of the nation that has changed."
(10) Twitter and Facebook were filling up with pictures of proud, defiant Afghans holding up fingers stained with ink.
(11) We can be proud that there are people alive in Africa ... because of what we have done for people living thousands of miles away.
(12) In contrast, Redpath and Proud (Redpath, N. T., and Proud, C. G. (1989) Biochem.
(13) Both groups are served by about 17,000 restaurants, most of them proud of their contribution to what the city believes is the highest-quality and most diverse cuisine on the planet.
(14) Clearly, on this occasion we not only failed ourselves, but the university which we are so proud to represent.
(15) Christine Langan of BBC Films told Screen Daily: "Compelling, funny and moving, Gold is a gem of a story and BBC Films is proud to be participating in bringing it to an international audience."
(16) The symbolism and the politics of the law are far more troubling and far more toxic than the actual substance of what the law will do itself.” That symbolism compelled store owners in Indianapolis to put up signs that say: “Instead of hate, we proudly serve everyone,” “This Hoosier still opposes the anti-LGBT license to discriminate,” and “Open for service!
(17) That's completely and utterly grotesque and, no matter how proud we all are in the labour movement that the minimum wage exists, not a single day goes by that we shouldn't be disgusted with ourselves for that.
(18) But he mocked Mitchell when he told the BBC Sunday Politics: "He's never used it in my presence, but then again I'm very proud myself to be a pleb."
(19) Rudd's spectacular fall is a fate that the now former PM, a proud man who some say is driven by a quiet rage, will find difficult to accept – he shed tears in his farewell address .
(20) Dombey treads proudly towards his doom with the author's unheard warnings ringing in his ears.
Submit
Definition:
(v. t.) To let down; to lower.
(v. t.) To put or place under.
(v. t.) To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun.
(v. t.) To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court; -- often followed by a dependent proposition as the object.
(v. i.) To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender.
(v. i.) To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce.
(v. i.) To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring.
Example Sentences:
(1) He added: "There is a rigorous review process of applications submitted by the executive branch, spearheaded initially by five judicial branch lawyers who are national security experts and then by the judges, to ensure that the court's authorizations comport with what the applicable statutes authorize."
(2) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
(3) She knows you can’t force the opposition to submit to your point of view.
(4) The clinical course was observed in 50 patients while the remaining 10 were hospitalized and submitted to esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy and colonoscopy both before and after treatment for withdrawal of duodenal secretion and fragments of duodenojejunal and colonic mucosa biopsies.
(5) A series of 35 patients have been submitted to microsurgical callosotomy since February 1978, their age ranging from 6 to 42 years.
(6) The diagnosis of G-E reflux was confirmed in all by the acid reflux test; esophagitis was present in 55% of patients submitted to endoscopy; the Bernstein test was positive in 43%.
(7) In a 2012 study submitted to the UN, the Petersburg-based centre alleged that Roma and migrants were routinely subjected to police torture .
(8) It paves the way for Iran to get nuclear weapons.” Under the deal, Iran committed to reducing the number of its centrifuges by two-thirds, capping its level of uranium enrichment well below the level needed for bomb-grade material, reducing its enriched uranium stockpile from around 10,000kg to 300kg for 15 years, and submitting to international inspections to verify its compliance.
(9) An analysis has been made of 447 ovarian tumours submitted for histological examination to the Department of Pathology, Port Moresby General Hospital, for the period 1978-1982.
(10) In 50 patients submitted to surgical arterial repair of the lower limbs, we have employed 8,000 I.U.
(11) "The development control committee is frequently confronted with applications where developers have submitted viability assessment that show a development is only viable if affordable housing is greatly reduced often to a level of less than 20%," Hopkins said.
(12) This peptide yielded the same products as neurotensin when submitted to digestion by carboxypeptidase A or papain.
(13) Both the email and the form looked official, but when I submitted the form it refused to accept it.
(14) The CD4-specific mAbs submitted to the workshop reacted with the cells of all animals tested.
(15) The evolution of several mechanical parameters of left ventricular function was studied in 32 control subjects, 171 chronic chagasic and 60 primary dilated cardiomyopathy patients, which were submitted to an extensive invasive and non-invasive protocol.
(16) Methamphetamine abuse is increasing and methamphetamine is second only to alcohol as a positive finding in cases submitted to the San Diego Sheriff's Crime Laboratory.
(17) A system for detecting such cases was established through liaison with other hospital peer review committees or any physician or nurse who was privy to specific information and willing to submit it in writing.
(18) An additional patient with acute non-lymphatic leukemia had been submitted to chemotherapy for gastric cancer.
(19) Insurance claims for medical services submitted on behalf of a group of workers in the construction industry were collected over a 20-month period.
(20) We first present the results of serial serum total amylase, pancreatic isoamylase, lipase, and immunoreactive trypsin tests in nine patients during the week after their admission to the hospital with a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis, and then compare the serum total amylase, lipase, and immunoreactive trypsin levels in the initial serum submitted for amylase analysis from 100 patients because of the clinical suspicion of acute pancreatitis.