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parade
[ puh-reyd ]
noun
- a large public procession, usually including a marching band and often of a festive nature, held in honor of an anniversary, person, event, etc.
- a military ceremony involving the formation and marching of troop units, often combined with saluting the lowering of the flag at the end of the day.
- the assembly of troops for inspection or display.
- a place where troops regularly assemble for inspection or display.
- a continual passing by, as of people, objects, or events:
the parade of pedestrians past the office; the parade of the seasons.
- an ostentatious display:
to make a parade of one's religious beliefs.
- Chiefly British.
- a group or procession of promenaders.
- a promenade.
- Fortification. the level space forming the interior or enclosed area of a fortification.
- Fencing. a parry.
verb (used with object)
- to walk up and down on or in.
- to make parade of; display ostentatiously.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- to cause to march or proceed for display.
verb (used without object)
- to march in a procession.
- to promenade in a public place, especially in order to show off.
- to assemble in military order for display.
- to assume a false or misleading appearance:
international pressure that parades as foreign aid.
parade
/ əˈɪ /
noun
- an ordered, esp ceremonial, march, assembly, or procession, as of troops being reviewed
on parade
- Also calledparade ground a place where military formations regularly assemble
- a visible show or display
to make a parade of one's grief
- a public promenade or street of shops
- a successive display of things or people
- the interior area of a fortification
- a parry in fencing
- rain on someone's paradeto hinder someone's enjoyment; upset someone's plans
- on parade
- on display
- showing oneself off
verb
- whenintr, often foll by through or along to walk or march, esp in a procession (through)
to parade the streets
- tr to exhibit or flaunt
he was parading his medals
- tr to cause to assemble in formation, as for a military parade
- intr to walk about in a public place
Derived Forms
- 貹ˈ, noun
Other Word Forms
- 貹·fܱ adjective
- 貹·l adjective
- 貹·l adjective
- 貹·İ noun
- 貹·iԲ· adverb
- ܲp·Ļ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of parade1
Idioms and Phrases
see hit parade ; rain on one's parade .Example Sentences
But, admittedly, the most cringe-worthy attempt at low brow humor came last week when the Trump administration paraded a crime-victim’s mother through the briefing room.
The nerds deserve a parade and coffee cake if they win.
The case regards a Montgomery County school board's decision to include books featuring same-sex marriage, trans characters and a Pride parade as part of their curriculum.
It “describes a Pride parade and what a child might find there,” they said.
Police in riot gear were using the area as a vantage point to monitor a dissident republican parade - led by around 50 people in paramilitary-style uniforms - from Creggan to the Bogside.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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