parade
/pəˈrɑd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "There is left round about the circuit of the whole quarter, a parallell on all sides some 200, or 250 foote betweene the front of the quarter and the trench, called an Alarme Place, for the souldiers to draw out into Armes, into Parade, or when any Alarme or commotion happens..."
- "And from thir Ivorie Port the Cherubim Forth issuing at th’accustomd hour stood armd To thir night watches in warlike Parade, When Gabriel to his next in power thus spake..."
- "See how the Flow’rs, as at Parade, Under their Colours stand displaid: Each Regiment in order grows, That of the Tulip Pinke and Rose."
- "The next night the soldiers began teaching the girls to dance... Claude saw that a good deal was going on, and he lectured his men at parade. But he realized that he might as well scold at the sparrows."
- "Verrall... seldom put on his uniform for morning parade, not thinking it necessary with mere Military Policemen."
- "A military parade is really a kind of ritual dance, something like a ballet, expressing a certain philosophy of life. The goose-step, for instance, is one of the most horrible sights in the world, far more terrifying than a dive-bomber. It is simply an affirmation of naked power; contained in it, quite consciously and intentionally, is the vision of a boot crashing down on a face. Its ugliness is part of its essence..."
Etymology
From French parade (“an ostentatious display, a military display”), from parer (“to beautify, prepare, take pride in”) + -ade probably under influence from earlier Italian parata (“preparation, a military parade, an ostentatious display”) and Latin magnō parātū (“with great preparation”). Various senses similarly influenced by earlier French and Italian uses. Doublet of pare.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: parade, parata, magnō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pəˈrɑd/
- British English: /pəˈrɑːd/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Military, Zoology.
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
change parade
church parade
dress parade
emu parade
fashion parade
hat parade
hit parade
hold up the parade
Synonyms
military parade
gaggle
herd
parade ground
promenade
road
used in place names
show
flaunt
show off
parry in both its literal and figurative senses