Para. Definition

pärä, pärä
abbreviation
Paragraph.
Webster's New World
Parallel.
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Paraguay.
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prefix
Beside; near; alongside.
Parathyroid.
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Beyond.
Paranormal.
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Incorrect; abnormal.
Paresthesia.
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Similar to; resembling.
Paratyphoid fever.
American Heritage
Subsidiary; assistant.
Paraprofessional.
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suffix
A woman who has given birth to a specified number of children.
Multipara.
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noun
A monetary unit of Serbia, equal to1100 of a dinar.
Webster's New World

Formerly, a subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.

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(medicine) A woman who has had a certain number of pregnancies, indicated by the number prepended to this word.

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pronoun

(law) Abbreviation of Paraguay.

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affix
By the side of, beside, by, past, to one side, aside from, amiss.
Parathyroid, parasite.
Webster's New World
Beyond.
Paranormal.
Webster's New World
Subsidiary to.
Paralegal, paramilitary.
Webster's New World
An isomer, modification, polymer, derivative, etc. of (a specified substance)
Paraformaldehyde.
Webster's New World
Characterized by substitutions in the 1, 4 position (opposite sides) in the benzene ring.
Para-aminobenzoic acid.
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adjective

(Australia, slang) Very drunk.

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Other Word Forms of Para.

Noun

Singular:
para.
Plural:
paras

Origin of Para.

  • Gr para- < para, at the side of, alongside < IE *pera-, var. of *per-, a going beyond > far, fore

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • From Serbo-Croatian pàra/па̀ра, from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin from parere to give birth perə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Greek from para beside per1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • The second part of words such as primipara and multipara

    From Wiktionary

  • Shortened from paratrooper

    From Wiktionary

  • Shortened from paragraph

    From Wiktionary

  • Shortened from paralytic

    From Wiktionary

  • From parachute

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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