parade Definition
pa·rade (pə rād′)
noun
- ostentatious or pompous display
- a military display or assembly; esp., a review of marching troops
- a place where troops assemble regularly for parade; parade ground
- any organized procession or march, as for display
- a public walk or promenade
- persons promenading or strolling
- an ostentatious succession of persons or things a parade of bestsellers
Etymology: Fr < Sp parada, a parade, place for the exercise of troops < parar, to stop (a horse), prepare < L parare, prepare
transitive verb -·rad′ed, -·rad′·ing
- to bring together (troops, etc.) for inspection or display
- to march or walk through, as for display a band parading the streets
- to make a display of; show off to parade one's knowledge
intransitive verb
- to march in a parade or procession
- to walk about ostentatiously; show off
- to assemble in military formation for review or display
parade Related Forms
pa·rad′er noun
parade Idioms
on parade
on display
parade Synonyms
parade
n.
parade Synonyms
parade
v.
parade Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- shoreside: The country got payroll who is parade of shoreside.
- shop: At the next junction you will have a parade of shops on your right hand side, turn left.
Converse of object
- re-routed: The Garvaghy Road Residents Group was formed in Spring 1995 to campaign to have Orange parades re-routed away from the area.
- ban: In all countries the authorities responsible for the policing of parades have the power to ban parades or impose conditions on them.
Adjective modifier
- contentious: The Parades Commission was also to facilitate mediation, work for greater understanding and arrange for monitoring of contentious parades.
- disputed: Nevertheless, although the number of disputed parades is small the effect of those disputes upon community relations has been significant.
- republican: The first republican parade was stopped in the Ferguson Crescent area, the second one was permitted to enter the Diamond for a rally.
- ceremonial: Throughout my military career I have always been allotted a position on ceremonial parades where I was least likely to be seen.
- passing-out: It's only fitting that their passing-out parade should be identical to their full-time comrades.
- commemorative: They were introduced as a security measure, in an attempt to curtail the level of sectarian violence which often accompanied commemorative parades.
Modifies a noun
- lap: He began his race on the parade lap by nudging his nose behind and beside Hutchinson.
- organizer: The police operation overwhelmed almost everyone including parade organizers.
- ring: The first four home will be led back to the winners ' enclosure which is in the parade ring where you first started.
- ground: The upper east entrance over an iron bridge gives access to the fort at parade ground level.
Noun used with modifier
- loyalist: Republicans point to the numerous loyalist parades through the town center.
- carnival: Always fancied joining the carnival parade, why not contact Edinburgh Samba School dance co-ordinator Marie-Anne Syre for information on classes.
- torchlight: Later that day there was a torchlight parade around the streets, what a spectacle that must have been.
- lantern: Chorlton Water Park hosted the first of what the wardens hope will become an annual lantern parade.
- ticker-tape: They've even laid on a ticker-tape parade for me, although I have to share it with the Yankees baseball team.
- identification: He attended all the identification parades which he was required to attend.
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