Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

par

/pɑɹ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables: par
IPA: /pɑɹ/

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of paragraph.

noun

Abbreviation of parenthesis.

noun

Abbreviation of parish.

adj

Abbreviation of parallel.

prep

By; with.

noun

Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Equality of condition or circumstances.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And this particular Chisolm — as the papers had spelled out in headlines and opening pars — had been a soldier, a corporal in the British Army."
"It also means that when a right-wing Jewish group such as the ZOA chooses to overlook Bannon’s well-documented links to anti-Semitic white nationalists, it puts itself on a moral par with J.V.P. Bannon is the man who expressly called Breitbart News “the platform for the alt-right,” knowing full-well the toxic range of opinion encompassed by the term."
"He needs to make this shot for par."
"Kaymer started with six straight pars before making a birdie on the seventh and an eagle on the eighth."
"He will need to par every hole in order to win this game."
"Par with the hard heads and young offenders."

Etymology

Abbreviations

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: par, per, pār

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɑɹ/
British English: /pɑː/

Usage

Inflected Forms

pars (plural) pars (present, singular) parring (participle, present) parred (participle, past) parred (past)

Derived Forms

subpar

Phrases

above par below par course par mint par mint par of exchange no-par on par on a par

Frequently Paired Words

paraventure buzzard bogey birdie eagle albatross condor ostrich

Synonyms

equality equivalence equation

Homonyms

pa (non-rhotic) pah (“Maori fort”) (non-rhotic) paw (non-rhotic, cot–caught merger, father-bother merger)

Rhymes With

are far car star all-star bar guitar hr pr mar ar bizarre

Questions

How do you pronounce par?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɑɹ/.
What does par mean?: Abbreviation of paragraph.
Where does par come from?: It is traced to French.

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