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parade
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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.

[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.]

pa·rader n.

parade
Noun
1. an ordered march or procession
2. a public promenade or street of shops
3. a blatant but sometimes insincere display: a man who made a parade of liking his own company best
Verb
[-rading, -raded]
1. to exhibit or flaunt: he neither paraded nor disguised his devout faith
2. to walk or march, esp. in a procession [French: a making ready]

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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.paradeparade - 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"
Verb1.parade - walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town"
walk - make walk; "He walks the horse up the mountain"; "Walk the dog twice a day"
2.paradeparade - march in a procession; "the veterans paraded down the street"
march, process - march in a procession; "They processed into the dining room"

parade
verb 4. flaunt, show, display, exhibit, show off (informal) air, draw attention to, brandish, vaunt, make a show of
verb 5. strut, show off (informal) swagger, swank
Translations
parade [pəˈreɪd] ndesfile m
vt (gen) → recorrer, desfilar por (= show off); hacer alarde de
videsfilar;
(MIL) → pasar revista;
a fashion parade → un desfile de modelos

parade [pəˈreɪd] ndéfilé m (= inspection); revue f (= street); boulevard m
vt (fig) → faire étalage de
vidéfiler;
a fashion parade (Brit) → un défilé de mode

parade [pəˈreɪd] n (= procession) → Parade f;
(ceremony) → Zeremonie f
vt [+ people] → aufmarschieren lassen [+ wealth, knowledge etc]; zur Schau stellen
vi (Mil) → aufmarschieren;
fashion parade → Modenschau f

parade [pəˈreɪd] nparata (= inspection); rivista, rassegna
vt (fig) → fare sfoggio di
visfilare in parata;
a fashion parade (BRIT) → una sfilata di moda

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, kulkue défilé מִצעָד जलूस parada parádé pawai skrúðganga sfilata, corteo 行列 행렬 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
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 paraati parade מִסדָר परेड, कवायद vojna parada (dísz)szemle parade hersÿning; liðskönnun; fylking parata 行進 열병 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
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 줄을 지어 행진하다 žygiuoti rikiuote, paraduoti soļot; iet gājienā berbaris defileren 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 ,(使
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 järjestää paraatiin 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
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 keikailla exhiber לְהָצִיג לְראַווָה इठला कर चलना isticati,razmetati se parádézik (vmiben) memamerkan flíka esibire, (fare sfoggio di) 見せびらかす 과시하다, 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 耀


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