parade
IPA: pɝˈeɪd
noun
- An organized display of a group of people, particularly
- (military) 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.
- A public procession, especially one commemorating a holiday or special event or (dated) in protest.
- (venery, uncommon) Synonym of gaggle: A group of geese when on the move, particularly a line of goslings shepherded by one or more adults.
- (venery, uncommon) Synonym of herd: A group of elephants when on the move.
- A place reserved for such displays, particularly
- (military, now uncommon) Synonym of parade ground: A place specially designated for such displays or for practicing close-order drills.
- (dated) Synonym of promenade: A route, street, or square frequented by pedestrians or formerly used for military parades.
- (uncommon) Synonym of road, used in place names.
- The people who make up such a display, particularly
- (military, now uncommon) The body of soldiers thus assembled.
- The body of promenaders thus assembled.
- (figurative) Synonym of show: any similarly orderly or ostentatious display, especially of a variety of people or a series of things paraded around.
- (UK, figurative, uncommon) A row of shops beside a street.
- (uncommon) Synonym of parry in both its literal and figurative senses.
- (UK, figurative, now uncommon) Short for programme parade: a description of the programming schedule formerly announced on the radio and various television channels. [(UK, archaic or historical) A block of airtime used to list and describe the upcoming programming schedule.]
verb
- (intransitive) To take part in a parade, particularly
- To assemble for inspection, to receive orders, etc.
- To march impressively or ostentatiously.
- (transitive) To march past.
- (transitive) To march through or along.
- (figurative) Synonym of promenade: to walk up and down, especially in public in order to show off and be seen by others.
- (transitive, figurative, of vehicles) To move slowly through or among.
- (figurative, of waterfowl) To walk in a row led by one parent, often trailed by the other.
- (transitive) To cause to take part in a parade, particularly
- To assemble soldiers for inspection, to receive orders, etc.
- (figurative) Synonym of show off: to display or reveal prominently or ostentatiously, especially in a kind of procession.
- (transitive, obsolete) To furnish with a parade or parades.
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Examples of "parade" in Sentences
- Leading off the parade is the Army band from West Point.
- Nobody asked me but I hope the parade is a few days away.
- Blaine bristled internally at the mention of the word parade.
- The placement in the parade is also critical - you gotta be IN FRONT OF the CashWagon.
- And my friend in Tlaquepaque says she has an announcement of the program that the parade is at 5 on Saturday.
- I was going to say a good run could help, but you clearly thought of that, and topping it off with a parade is a real escape.
- This parade is a parade of full inclusion and Fenris was sure to see that skip-rope jumping obese-clown-Canadians had a spot in his parade.
- This parade is the "oldest and largest children's parade" and each year thousands of children "march in bands, ride on floats, cruise on unicycles, trikes, and bikes, dance and twirl in drill teams, and walk their pets down the one-mile parade," according to to the Rose Festival web site.
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