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Definition: PRIDED |
PRIDEDImperative & past participle1. Of Pride |
Date "PRIDED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Crosswords: PRIDED |
| Specialty definitions using "PRIDED": Prudent Tree. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Marks and Spencer has over 300 branches and is United Kingdoms largest multiple store However, the company announced their first profits decline in 30 years and is feeling the heat from their profitable competitors, such as The Gap. M&S reported full year profit figures of $1 billion for 1998 - a fall of 50% from 1997. Net debt at the Group level has increased from $480 million to $1.9 billion in 1998. This 100% private label retailer has prided itself on strong value, quality and customer service. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "PRIDED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 76.52% of the time. "PRIDED" is used about 115 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 76.52% | 88 | 35,154 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 23.48% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Total | 100.00% | 115 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "PRIDED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 骄傲 (Priding, Proud). (various references) | ||||
German | bildete sich ein. (various references) | ||||
Korean | 자랑하" (Boasted, Boastful, Bragged). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | idedpray | ||||
Misspellings | |
"PRIDED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pidd, pided, Pradeep, Pradel, praide, priadel, priden, Pridey, Pridi, Pridie, pridy, Prijedor, prixed, prouded, rided. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "PRIDED" (pronounced prī"dud) |
| 5 | -r ī" d u d | derided. |
| 4 | -ī" d u d | abided, chided, coincided, collided, confided, decided, divided, glided, guided, lopsided, misguided, presided, provided, resided, sided, subdivided, subsided, undecided, undivided. |
| 3 | -d u d | abounded, acceded, accorded, added, afforded, aided, alluded, amended, appended, applauded, apprehended, ascended, astounded, attended, avoided, awarded, backhanded, banded, barricaded, beaded, bearded, bedded, befriended, beheaded, bended, bladed, blended, blinded, blindfolded, blindsided, blockaded, blooded, boarded, bombarded, bonded, bounded, braided, branded, breaded, broadsided, brooded, candid, carded, cascaded, ceded, clouded, coded, colluded, commanded, commended, compounded, comprehended, conceded, concluded, confounded, contended, corded, corresponded, corroded, crowded, deeded, defended, defrauded, degraded, deluded, demanded, denuded, depended, descended, disbanded, discarded, disregarded, dissuaded, distended, downgraded, downloaded, dreaded, dumbfounded, eluded, embedded, encoded, ended, enshrouded, eroded, evaded, evenhanded, exceeded, excluded, expanded, expended, exploded, expounded, extended, extruded, exuded, faded, fended, feuded, fielded, flooded, folded, forwarded, founded, funded, gilded, goaded, graded, grounded, guarded, handed, hardheaded, headed, heeded, heralded, herded, hoarded, homesteaded, hooded, hounded, imbedded, impeded, imploded, impounded, included, intended, interceded, intruded, invaded, jaded, kidded, landed, larded, lauded, leaded, lightheaded, loaded, masterminded, melded, mended, minded, molded, muddleheaded, needed, nodded, offended, outmoded, overcrowded, overextended, overfunded, overloaded, padded, paraded, persuaded, pervaded, pleaded, plodded, pounded, preceded, precluded, prerecorded, pretended, proceeded, prodded, propounded, raided, railroaded, rebounded, receded, recommended, recorded, redheaded, refunded, regarded, reloaded, remanded, reminded, remolded, reprimanded, rescinded, responded, retarded, rewarded, rounded, safeguarded, sanded, scalded, scolded, seceded, secluded, seconded, seeded, serenaded, shaded, shepherded, shielded, shredded, shrouded, skidded, sordid, sounded, spearheaded, speeded, splendid, stampeded, stranded, studded, succeeded, superseded, surrounded, suspended, tended, threaded, traded, transcended, trended, unaided, unamended, unattended, unbounded, unbranded, underfunded, underhanded, unexploded, unfolded, unfounded, unfunded, unguarded, unheeded, unheralded, unimpeded, unintended, unleaded, unloaded, unneeded, unrecorded, upbraided, upgraded, voided, wadded, waded, warded, wedded, weeded, welded, wielded, winded, wooded, worded, wounded, wrongheaded, yielded. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-i-p-r" | |
-1 letter: dried, pride, pried, redid, redip, riped. | |
-2 letters: died, dire, drip, ired, peri, pied, pier, redd, ride, ripe. | |
-3 letters: did, die, dip, ire, ped, per, pie, red, rei, rep, rid, rip. | |
-4 letters: de, ed, er, id, pe, pi, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-i-p-r" | |
+1 letter: dripped, piddler, updried. | |
+2 letters: deprived, diapered, didapper, dispread, dropsied, parodied, periodid, piddlers, presided, provided, puddlier, redipped, upgirded. | |
+3 letters: despaired, didappers, disparted, dispersed, disported, dispreads, disprized, disproved, disrupted, pedicured, pedigreed, periodids, peroxided, poniarded, predicted, preedited, pyramided, underpaid, upbraided. | |
+4 letters: airdropped, bediapered, deciphered, disparaged, dispersoid, dispirited, dispraised, epidendrum, epidermoid, paradiddle, peddleries, predefined, predicated, predrilled, prejudiced, prescinded, redisposed, repudiated, splendider, widespread. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 52 49 44 45 44 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. .. -.. . -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01010010 01001001 01000100 01000101 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P R I D E D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0052 0049 0044 0045 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)505243383938 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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