Definitions for PARADE
pəˈreɪdPARADE

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. paradenoun

   a ceremonial procession including people marching

2. paradenoun

   an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things

   "a parade of strollers on the mall"; "a parade of witnesses"

3. paradeverb

   a visible display

   "she made a parade of her sorrows"

4. parade, exhibit, marchverb

   walk ostentatiously

   "She parades her new husband around town"

5. parade, troop, promenadeverb

   march in a procession

   "the veterans paraded down the street"

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1. Paradenoun

   Hence: Any imposing procession; the movement of any group of people marshaled in military order, especially a festive public procession, which may include a marching band, persons in varied costume, vehicles with elaborate displays, and other forms of entertainment, held in commemoration or celebration of an event or in honor of a person or persons; as, a parade of firemen; a Thanksgiving Day parade; a Memorial Day parade; a ticker-tape parade.

2. Paradeverb

   To assemble in military order for evolutions and inspection; to form or march, as in review or in a public celebratory parade.

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. paradenoun

   An organized procession consisting of a series of consecutive displays, performances, exhibits, etc. displayed by moving down a street past a crowd.

   The floats and horses in the parade were impressive, but the marching bands were really amazing.

2. paradenoun

   Any succession, series, or display of items.

   The dinner was a parade of courses, each featuring foods more elaborate than the last.

3. paradenoun

   A line of goslings led by one parent and often trailed by the other.

4. paradenoun

   A street, avenue or road.

   He was parked on Chester Parade.

5. paradeverb

   To march or to display.

   They paraded around the field, simply to show their discipline.

6. paradeverb

   To display or show; to exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off.

7. paradeverb

   To march past.

   After the field show, it is customary to parade the stands before exiting the field.

8. Etymology: From parade, from parada, from parar, from parare; see pare. Compare parry, a doublet of parade.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Paradeverb

   the ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled

2. Paradeverb

   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. Paradeverb

   pompous show; formal display or exhibition

4. Paradeverb

   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. Paradeverb

   posture of defense; guard

6. Paradeverb

   a public walk; a promenade

7. Paradeverb

   to exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off

8. Paradeverb

   to assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops

9. Paradeverb

   to make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place

10. Paradeverb

    to assemble in military order for evolutions and inspection; to form or march, as in review

11. Etymology: [F., fr. Sp. parada a halt or stopping, an assembling for exercise, a place where troops are assembled to exercise, fr. parar to stop, to prepare. See Pare, v. t.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Parade

   A parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats or sometimes large balloons. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually celebrations of some kind. In Britain the term parade is usually reserved for either military parades or other occasions where participants march in formation; for celebratory occasions the word procession is more usual. In the Canadian Forces the term also has several less formal connotations. Protest demonstrations can also take the form of a parade, but in such cases are usually referred to as a march instead.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Parade

   par-ād′, n. the orderly arrangement of troops for exercise or inspection: a review of troops: the place where such a display takes place: that which is displayed: great or splendid show of any kind: a public walk or promenade.—v.t. to show off: to marshal in military order.—v.i. to march up and down as if for show: to pass in military order: to march in procession. [Fr.—Sp. parada—parar, to halt—L. parāre, -ātum, to prepare.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. parade

   An assembling of troops in due military order. Also, the open space where they parade or are paraded. The quarter-deck of a man-of-war is often termed the sovereign's parade.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. parade

   Signifies in its original sense a prepared ground, and was applied to the court-yard of a castle, or to any inclosed and level plain. From the practice of reviewing troops at such a spot, the review itself has acquired the name of parade.

2. parade

   To assemble troops in a uniform manner for the purpose of regular muster, exercise, and inspection. The parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the strength of the force assembled.

3. parade

   In camp, is that spot of ground in the front of each encampment, between the camp colors, on the right and left wings.

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Matched Categories

1. • Procession
   • Succession

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'PARADE' in Nouns Frequency: #2744

How to pronounce PARADE?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say PARADE in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of PARADE in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of PARADE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of PARADE in a Sentence

1. Matt House:

   After a number of questions along the parade route about the fate of the President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, the Senator believed he was being asked,' when will you defeat Donald Trump,' and responded,' the sooner the better,' noting that we need Republicans to defeat the nomination, as he has said many times and continues to believe, talk of impeachment is premature, and Special Counsel( Robert) Mueller's investigation should be allowed to continue without any interference.

2. Elliott Ferguson:

   For tourists or locals, it just becomes more difficult if you’re driving a car during a parade or some other event because parking will be hard to find.

3. Bill Donohue:

   It's their parade. I wouldn't have had any group advocating their own cause, if you want to let the gay group in, then you have to let the pro-life group in under its own banner.

4. Andrew Ansbro:

   Last year, Mayor de Blasio called for federal funding for hazard pay bonuses, the federal government delivered that funding as part of the American Rescue Act, but to date the Mayor has failed to fulfill this promise. Rather than a parade, a more appropriate gesture would be to make good on this promise.

5. Volker Heyde:

   Look, have any parade you want, I have no problem with that, but for the city to put dopeheads over vets is just dishonoring us.

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