Wordcyclopedia | English | Pride and Prejudice

pride Noun

— Pride is the state of being proud. — A pride is a group of lions.

and Conjunction

— You use and to talk about two things at once. I like singing and reading. Mary and Jane went on a holiday together. — You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list. I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer. I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring. — And is used when you are putting two sentences together. She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left. — Used to show what happened after something else. The alarm went off and I woke up. — And is used to join certain numbers together. Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.

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prejudice Noun

— an unreasonable hatred for a group, usually a race or a religion, etc. John had prejudice against Muslims. — a belief, usually negative, that you have about something, before you know that it is actually right — an idea or preference you have towards something before you actually experience the thing

prejudice Verb

— Prejudicing means to cause a prejudice or to commit prejudiced judgement.

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