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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
  3. any organized procession or march, as for display
    1. a public walk or promenade
    2. persons promenading or strolling
  5. 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 paraded -·rad′ed, parading -·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

Related Forms:

parade Idioms

on parade

on display

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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

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.


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parade Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • shoreside: The country got payroll who is parade of shoreside.

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.

Adjective modifier

  • contentious: The Parades Commission was also to facilitate mediation, work for greater understanding and arrange for monitoring of contentious parades.

Modifies a noun

  • lap: He began his race on the parade lap by nudging his nose behind and beside Hutchinson.

Noun used with modifier

  • loyalist: Republicans point to the numerous loyalist parades through the town center.
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parade quotes

The second day of July1776 will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. It ought to be solemnised with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the otheröfrom this time forward, for ever more.

-Adams,John

We were a self-centred army without parade or gesture, devoted to freedom, the second of man's creeds, a purpose so ravenous that it devoured all our strength, a hope so transcendent that ourearlier ambitions faded in its glare.

-Arabia

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