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parade Definition

pa·rade (pə rād)

noun

  1. ostentatious or pompous display
    1. a military display or assembly; esp., a review of marching troops
    2. a place where troops assemble regularly for parade; parade ground
  2. any organized procession or march, as for display
    1. a public walk or promenade
    2. persons promenading or strolling
  3. 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 -·raded, -·rad·ing

  1. to bring together (troops, etc.) for inspection or display
  2. to march or walk through, as for display a band parading the streets
  3. to make a display of; show off to parade one's knowledge

intransitive verb

  1. to march in a parade or procession
  2. to walk about ostentatiously; show off
  3. to assemble in military formation for review or display

parade Related Forms

pa·rader noun

parade Idioms

on parade

on display

parade Synonyms

parade

n.

  1. A procession

    march, spectacle, ceremony, cavalcade, motorcade, demonstration, review, line of floats, line of march, pageant, ritual; see also march 1.

  2. An ostentatious show

    display, show, ostentation, ceremony; see display 2.

parade Synonyms

parade

v.

  1. To participate in a parade

    file past, march past, march in review, demonstrate, display, exhibit; see also march.

  2. To make an ostentatious show

    show off, exhibit, flaunt; see display 1.

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.