para
IPA: pˈɛrʌ
noun
- (historical) A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.
- (medicine) A woman who has given birth or brought pregnancies to viable gestational age a certain number of times, indicated by the number prepended to this word.
- (New Zealand) Synonym of king fern (“the plant Ptisana salicina”)
- Clipping of paragraph. [A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.]
- (military) Clipping of paratrooper. [A type of soldier who is trained to enter combat zones by parachuting from aircraft.]
- (US, education, informal) Clipping of paraprofessional educator.
- Clipping of paraplegic. [A person who suffers from paraplegia.]
adjective
- (UK, Australia, slang) very drunk
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Examples of "para" in Sentences
- If you tack on para 4 to para 3.
- The sneering tone of the para remains.
- The last sentence of the para is also foggy.
- This para is about the 'effects' of the embargo.
- The above para suffers from the pathetic fallacy.
- Following para is inserted in the para on background and origin.
- I like the directness of the 1st para, but then the 2nd is too short.
- Paras was also a contender to win the MVP in the 96 season of the PBA.
- Most of the operetta composers seem to have the nationality in the lead para.
- The ruins of the fort wall can be seen in the bastion in the Ramnath para area.
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