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parade¹

  • /pəˈɹeɪd/

Rhymes with -eɪd

Where it comes from

From French parade (“an ostentatious display, a military display”), from parer (“to beautify, prepare, take pride in”) + -ade probably under influence from earlier Italian parata (“preparation, a military parade, an ostentatious display”) and Latin magnō parātū (“with great preparation”). Various senses similarly influenced by earlier French and Italian uses. Doublet of pare.

noun parades · Pde · parad

  1. countable, uncountable Synonym of military parade: A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for inspection at set times. There is left round about the circuit of the whole quarter, a parallell on all sides some 200, or 250 foote betweene the front of the quarter and the trench, called an Alarme Place, for the souldiers to draw out into Armes, into Parade, or when any Alarme or commotion happens...
  2. countable, uncountable A public procession, especially one commemorating a holiday or special event or (dated) in protest. They went up with a Parade of 9 or 10 Coaches.
  3. countable, uncommon, uncountable Synonym of gaggle: A group of geese when on the move, particularly a line of goslings shepherded by one or more adults.
  4. countable, uncommon, uncountable Synonym of herd: A group of elephants when on the move.
  5. countable, uncommon, uncountable Synonym of parade ground: A place specially designated for such displays or for practicing close-order drills. Parade, is a Military word, signifying the Place where Troops usually draw together, in order to mount the Guards, or for any other Service.
  6. countable, dated, uncountable Synonym of promenade: A route, street, or square frequented by pedestrians or formerly used for military parades. This Square is calcled the Parade.
  7. countable, uncommon, uncountable Synonym of road, used in place names. His shop is located in Chester Pde.
  8. countable, uncountable The people who make up such a display, particularly While my mother and sisters decorated our sukkah and cooked meals for the parade of guests who would soon come to visit, my father would walk the streets of our neighborhood, shopping for the "Four Species"
  9. countable, uncommon, uncountable The body of soldiers thus assembled. The Commanding Officer is then to direct the Parade to Order Arms.
  10. countable, uncountable The body of promenaders thus assembled. We saw a great Parade or kind of Meeting.
  11. countable, figuratively, uncountable Synonym of show: any similarly orderly or ostentatious display, especially of a variety of people or a series of things paraded around. ...the ravishing assault of a well-disciplined diction, in a parade of curiosly-mustered words in their several ranks and files...
  12. UK, countable, figuratively, uncommon, uncountable A row of shops beside a street. Most new shopping centres... have broken away from the old strip parades which usually face each other across heavy inter-town traffic.
  13. UK, abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, figuratively, uncommon Ellipsis of programme parade: a description of the programming schedule formerly announced on the radio and various television channels.programme parade Scottish Programme Parade

verb parades · parading · paraded

  1. intransitive To assemble for inspection, to receive orders, etc. ... the other three Companies were ordained by foure a clocke afternoone, to parade in the Market place, and afterwards to march to their Post...
  2. intransitive To march impressively or ostentatiously. Here it was we made our camp, within plain view of Stirling Castle, whence we could hear the drums beat as some part of the garrison paraded.
  3. intransitive, transitive To march past. After the field show, it is customary to parade the stands before exiting the field.
  4. intransitive, transitive To march through or along. “What a delightful place Bath is,” said Mrs. Allen as they sat down near the great clock, after parading the room till they were tired;
  5. figuratively, intransitive Synonym of promenade: to walk up and down, especially in public in order to show off and be seen by others. The whole family paraded it together.
  6. figuratively, intransitive, transitive To move slowly through or among. That evening the van of the Party for the Poor also paraded our street. They too blared music and made identical claims.
  7. figuratively, intransitive To walk in a row led by one parent, often trailed by the other. Nearer to the water pink-footed geese and white-faced coots paraded in the groves of rhus and bamboo.
  8. transitive To assemble soldiers for inspection, to receive orders, etc. In a few moments, we were paraded in the frigate’s gangway; the first lieutenant—an elderly yellow-faced officer, in an ill-cut coat and tarnished gold lace—coming up, and frowning upon us.
  9. figuratively, transitive Synonym of show off: to display or reveal prominently or ostentatiously, especially in a kind of procession. ... For she was not a sentimental mourner, Parading all her sensibility...
  10. obsolete, transitive To furnish with a parade or parades. The modern part that faces the sea is... paraded, well lighted, well drained.

parade²

  • /pəˈrɑd/ US
  • /pəˈrɑːd/ UK

Where it comes from

From French parade (“a parry”), from parer (“to parry, to defend oneself”) + -ade, from Italian parata. Doublet of parry.

noun parades

  1. uncommon Synonym of parry in both its literal and figurative senses. ...in case the adversary after a finda, going to the parade, discover his brest to caveat...

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