A vs Proud - What's the difference?
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The first letter of the .
(Marks the first item in a list)
A hypothetical item or person designated first when there are more than one.
The hexadecimal digit for 10
A standard size of dry cell battery slightly larger than a AA battery.
A system of paper sizes with similar proportions, as , etc.
Symbol for the element Argon (Since 1956 has been changed to Ar).
area
ampere, a unit of electrical current.
IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for adenine in genetic code.
IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for alanine in proteins.
Austria
Image:Latin A.png, Capital and lowercase versions of A , in normal and italic type
File:Fraktur letter A.png, Uppercase and lowercase A in Fraktur
File:UncialA-01.svg, A in uncial script
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Gratified; feeling honoured (by something); feeling satisfied or happy about a fact or event.
Possessed of a due sense of what one is worth or deserves.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=6 (chiefly, Biblical) Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.
* 1611 , Proverbs 16:5, King James Version
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=(Hilaire Belloc), title=(Cautionary Tales for Children), section=Godolphin Horne Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black
, passage=Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born; / He held the human race in scorn, / And lived with all his sisters where / His father lived, in Berkeley Square. / And oh! The lad was deathly proud ! / He never shook your hand or bowed, / But merely smirked and nodded thus: / How perfectly ridiculous! / Alas! That such Affected Tricks / Should flourish in a child of six!}}
Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
(obsolete) Brave, valiant; gallant.
Standing out or raised; swollen.
(obsolete) Excited by sexual desire; (of female animals) in heat.
Happy, usually used with a sense of honor, as in "I'm so proud' to have you in our town." But occasionally just plain happy as in "I'm ' proud to see gas prices down." This is a widespread colloquial usage in the southern United States.
As a letter a
is the letter a with a tilde.As an adjective proud is
gratified; feeling honoured (by something); feeling satisfied or happy about a fact or event.a
Translingual
Etymology 1
From (etyl) letter .Letter
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(Latn-script) *Symbol
(head)- A . Go to the store. B. Get some food. C. Return home. D. Eat.
- Person A had 5 apples, and person B...
- 0x0000000A
- The value is hexadecimal A 0, or decimal 160.
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* (previous) , (next) BEtymology 2
Abbreviation of various terms.Symbol
(head)Abbreviation
(Abbreviation) (head)See also
{{Letter, page=A , NATO=Alpha , Morse=·– , Character=A1 , Braille=? }}External links
* (wikipedia "A")References
proud
English
Alternative forms
* prowd (obsolete)Adjective
(er)citation, passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}
- Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
