parade
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See also paradé
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French parade (“show, display, parade, parry, formerly also a halt on horseback”), from Spanish parada (“a halt, stop, pause, a parade”), from parar (“to halt, stop, get ready, prepare”), from Latin parare (“to prepare, in Medieval Latin and Rom. also to halt, stop, prevent, guard against, etc., also dress, trim, adorn”); see pare. Compare parry, a doublet of parade.
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[edit] Noun
parade (plural parades)
- An organized procession consisting of a series of consecutive displays, performances, exhibits, etc. displayed by moving down a street past a crowd.
- The floats and horses in the parade were impressive, but the marching bands were really amazing.
- Any succession, series, or display of items.
- The dinner was a parade of courses, each featuring foods more elaborate than the last.
- A line of goslings led by one parent and often trailed by the other.
- A street, avenue or road.
- He was parked on Chester Parade.
[edit] Derived terms
- hit parade
- military parade
- victory parade
- pride parade
- techno parade
- parade of horribles
- ticker tape parade
- rain on somebody's parade
[edit] Translations
organized procession
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[edit] Verb
parade (third-person singular simple present parades, present participle parading, simple past and past participle paraded)
- (intransitive) To march or to display
- They paraded around the field, simply to show their discipline.
- (transitive) To display or show; to exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off.
- They paraded dozens of fashions past the crowd.
- Parading all her sensibility. Byron.
- (transitive) To march past
- After the field show, it is customary to parade the stands before exiting the field.
[edit] External links
- parade in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- parade in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] Verb
parade
- first-person singular present indicative of parader
- third-person singular present indicative of parader
- first-person singular present subjunctive of parader
- first-person singular present subjunctive of parader
- second-person singular imperative of parader
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[edit] Adjective
parade
- absolute singular definite and plural form of parad
[edit] Verb
parade
- past tense of para.
