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 Definitions of parade  [əˈreɪd]  

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Definition of 'parade' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) parade
a public procession, often including a marching band, held in honor of an event, person, etc.

2.  parade
a military ceremony involving the formation and marching of troops .

3.  parade
the assembly of troops for inspection or display.

4.  parade
Also called parade ground. a place where such assembly regularly occurs.

5.  parade
a continual passing by, as of people, objects, or events:
the parade of the seasons.

6.  parade
an ostentatious display:
to make a parade of one's beliefs.

7.  parade
Chiefly Brit.

8.  parade
a group of promenaders.

9.  parade
a promenade.

10. (v.t.) parade
to walk up and down on.

11.  parade
to display ostentatiously.

12.  parade
to cause to march.

13. (v.i.) parade
to march in a procession.

14.  parade
to promenade in a public place.

15.  parade
to assemble in military order for display.

16.  parade
to assume a false or misleading appearance.

Etymology:  (1650–60; < F, MF < Sp parada a stop, stopping place parar to stop, end < L parāre to set. Cf. -ade1)

Definition of 'parade' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) parade
a ceremonial procession including people marching

2. (noun) parade
an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things
"a parade of strollers on the mall"; "a parade of witnesses"

3. (verb) parade
a visible display
"she made a parade of her sorrows"

4. (verb) parade, exhibit, march
walk ostentatiously
"She parades her new husband around town"

5. (verb) parade, troop, promenade
march in a procession
"the veterans paraded down the street"


Definition of 'parade' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) parade
a procession of decorated vehicles and people who are dressed up to celebrate sth
the Easter Day parade

2.  parade
an official procession of soldiers
a parade of soldiers and equipment

3. (verb) parade
to walk as part of a parade
soldiers parading past the Queen

4.  parade
to walk in a way that shows that you want people to watch you
Look at her parading up and down in her bikini.

5.  parade
to proudly show to the public
Prisoners were paraded through the village.


Definition of 'parade' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) parade
the ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled

2. (verb) parade
an assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled

3. (verb) parade
pompous show; formal display or exhibition

4. (verb) parade
that which is displayed; a show; a spectacle; an imposing procession; the movement of any body marshaled in military order; as, a parade of firemen

5. (verb) parade
posture of defense; guard

6. (verb) parade
a public walk; a promenade

7. (verb) parade
to exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off

8. (verb) parade
to assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops

9. (verb) parade
to make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place

10. (verb) parade
to assemble in military order for evolutions and inspection; to form or march, as in review


Translation of 'parade' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a line of people, vehicles etc moving forward in order often as a celebration of some event
a circus parade.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: optog Arabic flag Arabic: مَوْكِب، إسْتِعْراض Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: парад
Brazilian flag Brazilian: desfile Czech flag Czech: přehlídka German flag German: der Umzug
Danish flag Danish: parade; optog Greek flag Greek: παρέλαση Spanish flag Spanish: desfile
Estonian flag Estonian: rongkäik Farsi flag Farsi: رژه Finnish flag Finnish: paraati
French flag French: défilé Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִצעָד Hindi flag Hindi: जलूस
Croatian flag Croatian: parada Hungarian flag Hungarian: parádé Indonesian flag Indonesian: pawai
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skrúðganga Italian flag Italian: sfilata, corteo Japanese flag Japanese: 行列
Korean flag Korean: 퍼레이드, 행진 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: paradas, pasirodymas Latvian flag Latvian: parāde, gājiens
Malay flag Malay: perarakan Dutch flag Dutch: parade Norwegian flag Norwegian: opptog, parade
Polish flag Polish: parada, rewia Persian flag Persian: رژه Pashto flag Pashto: پريټ، رسم ګذشت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: desfile Romanian flag Romanian: paradă Russian flag Russian: парад
Slovak flag Slovak: prehliadka Slovenian flag Slovenian: sprevod Serbian flag Serbian: parada
Swedish flag Swedish: parad Thai flag Thai: ขบวนแห่ Turkish flag Turkish: geçit, alay
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 遊行 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: парад Urdu flag Urdu: صف آرائي
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cuộc diễu hành Chinese flag Chinese: 游行

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