parade

pa·rade  (p-rd)

n.

1.

a. An organized public procession on a festive or ceremonial occasion.

b. The participants in such a procession.

2.

a. A regular place of assembly for reviews of troops. Also called parade ground.

b. A ceremonial review of troops.

c. The troops taking part in such a review.

3. A line or extended group of moving persons or things: a parade of strollers on the mall.

4. An extended, usually showy succession: a parade of fads and styles.

5. An ostentatious show; an exhibition: make a parade of one's talents. See Synonyms at display.

6. A public square or promenade.

v. pa·rad·ed, pa·rad·ing, pa·rades

v.intr.

1. To take part in a parade; march in a public procession: The circus performers and animals paraded down Main Street.

2. To assemble for a ceremonial military review or other exercise.

3. To stroll in public, especially so as to be seen; promenade.

4. To behave so as to attract attention; show off.

v.tr.

1. To cause to take part in a parade: paraded the floats past city hall.

2. To assemble (troops) for a ceremonial review.

3. To march or walk through or around: parade the campus.

4. To exhibit ostentatiously; flaunt: paraded their wealth. See Synonyms at show.

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[Probably French, action of stopping a horse, from Old Spanish parada, from Vulgar Latin *parta, from feminine past participle of Latin parre, to prepare; see per-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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pa·rader n.

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parade [pəˈreɪd]

n

1. an ordered, esp ceremonial, march, assembly, or procession, as of troops being reviewed on parade

2. (Military) Also called parade ground a place where military formations regularly assemble

3. a visible show or display to make a parade of one's grief

4. a public promenade or street of shops

5. a successive display of things or people

6. (Military / Fortifications) the interior area of a fortification

7. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Fencing) a parry in fencing

rain on someone's parade to hinder someone's enjoyment; upset someone's plans

on parade

a.  on display

b.  showing oneself off

vb

1. (when intr, often foll by through or along) to walk or march, esp in a procession (through) to parade the streets

2. (tr) to exhibit or flaunt he was parading his medals

3. (Military) (tr) to cause to assemble in formation, as for a military parade

4. (intr) to walk about in a public place

[from French: a making ready, a setting out, a boasting display; compare Italian parata, Spanish parada, all ultimately from Latin parāre to prepare]

parader  n

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Parade a procession of animals or people; an assembly of people, especially of promenaders. See also cortège, procession.

Examples: parade of coaches, 1673; of elephants; of firemen; of promenaders; of soldiers, 1656.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	parade - a ceremonial procession including people marching procession - the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden" callathump, callithump, callithump parade - a noisy boisterous parade
	2.	parade - an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; "a parade of strollers on the mall"; "a parade of witnesses" succession - a group of people or things arranged or following in order; "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures"
	3.	parade - a visible display; "she made a parade of her sorrows" display, exhibit, showing - something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art"
Verb	1.	parade - walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town" exhibit, march walk - make walk; "He walks the horse up the mountain"; "Walk the dog twice a day"
	2.	parade - march in a procession; "the veterans paraded down the street" promenade, troop march, process - march in a procession; "They processed into the dining room"

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parade

noun

1. procession, march, ceremony, pageant, train, review, column, spectacle, tattoo, motorcade, cavalcade, cortège A military parade marched slowly through the streets.

2. show, display, exhibition, spectacle, array A glittering parade of celebrities attended the event.

3. exhibition, flaunting, demonstration, display, vaunting a parade of military power

verb

1. march, process, file, promenade More than four thousand people paraded down the Champs Elysee.

2. flaunt, show, display, exhibit, show off (informal), air, draw attention to, brandish, vaunt, showboat, make a show of He was a modest man who never paraded his wealth.

3. strut, show off (informal), swagger, swank, showboat She loves to parade around in designer clothes.

Translations

parade [pəˈreɪd]

A. N

1. (= procession) → desfile m (Mil) → desfile m, parada f; [of models] → desfile m, pase m
to be on parade (Mil) → estar en formación (fig) → estar a la vista de todos
see also fashion C

2. (fig) a parade of (= exhibition) → una exibición de; (= series) → una serie de
to make a parade of (= show off) → hacer alarde de

3. (esp Brit) (= road) → paseo m
a parade of shops → una calle de tiendas

B. VT

1. [+ troops] → hacer desfilar; [+ streets] → recorrer, desfilar por; [+ placard etc] → pasear (through the streets por las calles)

2. (= show off) [+ learning, wealth, new clothes] → hacer alarde de, lucir

C. VI

1. (Mil etc) → desfilar
the strikers paraded through the town → los huelguistas desfilaron por la ciudad

2. → pasearse
she paraded up and down with the hat on → se paseaba de un lado a otro con el sombrero puesto, andaba de acá para allá luciendo el sombrero

D. CPD parade ground N (Mil) → plaza f de armas

parade about parade around VI + ADV → pavonearse

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parade [pəˈreɪd]

n

(= procession) → défilé m
a military parade → un défilé militaire fashion parade

(= successive display) → défilé m

(= inspection) [troops] → revue f

[shops] → rangée f

vt

[+ prisoners] → exhiber

[+ wealth, knowledge] → faire étalage de

vi

(= take part in a parade) → défiler

(= show off) → parader

parade around

vi → parader

vt fus [+ place]
I watched them parade around the college holding hands → Je les regardais parader dans l'institut en se tenant la main.
parade ground n → terrain m de manœuvres

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parade

n

(= procession) → Umzug m; (Mil, of boy scouts, circus) → Parade f; (political) → Demonstration f; (fig: = long series) → (lange) Reihe; church parade → Prozession f; to be on parade (Mil) → eine Parade abhalten; the regiment on parade → das Regiment bei der Parade; in the school procession you’ll be on parade in front of the public → bei der Schulparade sieht dich alle Welt

(= public walk) → Promenade f

(= fashion parade) → Modenschau f

(= display) → Parade f; (of wealth etc) → Zurschaustellung f

(US Mil) (= review) → Truppeninspektion f; (= ground) → Truppenübungsplatz m, → Exerzierplatz m

(= shopping parade) → Reihe f → Geschäfte or Läden

vt

troops → auf- or vorbeimarschieren lassen; military might → demonstrieren; placards → vor sich her tragen

(= show off) → zur Schau stellen

vi (Mil) → auf- or vorbeimarschieren; (political party) → eine Demonstration veranstalten; the strikers paraded through the town → die Streikenden zogen durch die Stadt; she paraded up and down with the hat on → sie stolzierte mit ihrem Hut auf und ab

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parade [pəˈreɪd]

1. n (procession) → sfilata (Mil) (marchpast) → parata; (ceremony, inspection) → rivista
to be on parade (Mil) (marching) → sfilare (for inspection) → essere schierato/a
a fashion parade (Brit) → una sfilata di moda

2. vt (troops, in ceremonial order) → schierare in parata; (for a march) → far sfilare; (placard) → portare in giro or in corteo; (show off, learning, wealth, new clothes) → fare sfoggio di, sfoggiare, ostentare

3. vi (Mil) (march) → sfilare; (in ceremonial order) → schierarsi in parata; (boy scouts, demonstrators) → marciare in corteo
to parade about or around (fam) → pavoneggiarsi
the strikers paraded through the town → gli scioperanti hanno attraversato la città in corteo

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parade [pəˈreɪd]

1. n (procession) → sfilata (Mil) (marchpast) → parata; (ceremony, inspection) → rivista
to be on parade (Mil) (marching) → sfilare (for inspection) → essere schierato/a
a fashion parade (Brit) → una sfilata di moda

2. vt (troops, in ceremonial order) → schierare in parata; (for a march) → far sfilare; (placard) → portare in giro or in corteo; (show off, learning, wealth, new clothes) → fare sfoggio di, sfoggiare, ostentare

3. vi (Mil) (march) → sfilare; (in ceremonial order) → schierarsi in parata; (boy scouts, demonstrators) → marciare in corteo
to parade about or around (fam) → pavoneggiarsi
the strikers paraded through the town → gli scioperanti hanno attraversato la città in corteo

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parade

n parade [pəˈreid]

1 a line of people, vehicles etc moving forward in order often as a celebration of some event a circus parade. optog مَوْكِب، إسْتِعْراض парад přehlídka parade; optog der Umzug παρέλαση desfile rongkäik رژه paraati défilé מִצעָד जलूस parada parádé pawai skrúðganga sfilata, corteo 行列 퍼레이드, 행진 paradas, pasirodymas parāde, gājiens perarakan parade opptog, parade parada, rewia desfile paradă парад prehliadka sprevod parada parad ขบวนแห่ geçit, alay 遊行 парад صف آرائي cuộc diễu hành 游行

2 an arrangement of soldiers in a particular order The troops are on parade. parade عَرْض عسْكَري марширувам nástup parade; mønstring die Parade παρέλαση, παράταξη revista paraad رژه paraatimarssi parade מִסדָר परेड, कवायद vojna parada (dísz)szemle parade hersÿning; liðskönnun; fylking parata 行進 집결 paradas, paradinė rikiuotė (karaspēka) parāde perbarisan parade parade, oppstilling defilada, przegląd parada paradă построение nástup parada parada parad การเดินแถวเพื่อรับการตรวจพล geçit resmi 閱兵 шикування فوج کي صف بندي cuộc duyệt binh 阅兵

v

1 to march in a line moving forward in order They paraded through the town. marsjeer, stap يَسير في موكِب марширувам defilovat marchere marschieren παρελαύνω desfile marssima رژه رفتن marssia défiler לִצעוֹד בְּמִצעָד प्रदर्शन करना paradiranje (el)vonul berpawai ganga um í skrúðgöngu sfilare 行列する 열 지어 행진하다 žygiuoti rikiuote, paraduoti soļot; iet gājienā berbaris defileren gå i tog defilować desfilar a defila шествовать defilovať paradirati paradirati paradera เดินขบวน geçit töreni yapmak 遊行通過，(使)列隊行進 проходити строєм; марширувати گشت کرنا diễu hành 游行通过，（使）列队行进

2 to arrange soldiers in order The colonel paraded his soldiers. marsjeer يَصطف الجُنود строявам dát nastoupit mønstre aufstellen παρατάσσω formar, pasar revista paraadiks rivistama به صف کردن marssittaa faire défiler לַעֲמוֹד לְמִסדָר परेड करना या करना smotra (dísz)szemlét tart membariskan raða í fylkingu far sfilare 閲兵する 정렬시키다 (iš)rikiuoti komandēt ierindu (skatei, gājienam) membariskan laten aantreden stille opp til parade przygotować do inspekcji fazer desfilar a încolona pentru paradă строить dať nastúpiť razporediti postrojiti låta paradera เดินแถว tören düzeninde toplamak 列隊 шикувати(ся) صف بندي کرانا duyệt binh 列队

3 to show or display in an obvious way She paraded her new clothes in front of her friends. paradeer, wys, uitstal يَعْرِض излагам на показ předvádět vise frem zur Schau tragen επιδεικνύω lucir, hacer alarde de uhkeldama به رخ کشیدن esitellä exhiber לְהָצִיג לְראַווָה इठला कर चलना isticati,razmetati se parádézik (vmiben) memamerkan flíka esibire, (fare sfoggio di) 見せびらかす 뽐내다 demonstruoti, puikuotis demonstrēt, izrādīt menayangkan pronken met blære seg med, skryte av afiszować się exibir a etala выставлять напоказ predvádzať razkazovati (se) paradirati förevisa, visa upp เดินอวด gösteriş yapmak 誇耀 виставляти напоказ دکھانا، مظاہرہ کرنا phô trương 夸耀

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parade → استعراض průvod parade Parade παρέλαση desfile paraati parade parada sfilata パレード 행렬 parade opptog parada desfile парад promenadstråk ขบวนแห่ tören alayı cuộc duyệt binh 游行