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pa⋅rade

  [puh-reyd] noun, verb, -rad⋅ed, -rad⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a large public procession, usually including a marching band and often of a festive nature, held in honor of an anniversary, person, event, etc.
2. a military ceremony involving the formation and marching of troop units, often combined with saluting the lowering of the flag at the end of the day.
3. the assembly of troops for inspection or display.
4. a place where troops regularly assemble for inspection or display.
5. a continual passing by, as of people, objects, or events: the parade of pedestrians past the office; the parade of the seasons.
6. an ostentatious display: to make a parade of one's religious beliefs.
7. Chiefly British.
a. a group or procession of promenaders.
b. a promenade.
8. Fortification. the level space forming the interior or enclosed area of a fortification.
9. Fencing. a parry.
–verb (used with object)
10. to walk up and down on or in.
11. to make parade of; display ostentatiously.
12. to cause to march or proceed for display.
–verb (used without object)
13. to march in a procession.
14. to promenade in a public place, esp. in order to show off.
15. to assemble in military order for display.
16. to assume a false or misleading appearance: international pressure that parades as foreign aid.
Origin:
1650–60; < F, MF < Sp parada a stop, stopping place, n. use of fem. of parado, ptp. of parar to stop, end < L parāre to set. See compare, parry, -ade 1

Related forms:
pa⋅rade⋅ful, adjective
pa⋅rade⋅less, adjective
pa⋅rade⋅like, adjective
pa⋅rad⋅er, noun
pa⋅rad⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
11. show, flaunt, flourish.

Antonyms:
11. conceal.
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pa·rade   (pə-rād')   
n.  
    1. An organized public procession on a festive or ceremonial occasion.
    2. The participants in such a procession.
    3. A regular place of assembly for reviews of troops. Also called parade ground.
    4. A ceremonial review of troops.
    5. The troops taking part in such a review.
    1. A regular place of assembly for reviews of troops. Also called parade ground.
    2. A ceremonial review of troops.
    3. 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 *parāta, from feminine past participle of Latin parāre, to prepare; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
pa·rad'er n.
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Parade

Pa*rade"\, n. [F., fr. Sp. parada a halt or stopping, an assembling for exercise, a place where troops are assembled to exercise, fr. parar to stop, to prepare. See Pare, v. t.]

1. The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.

2. (Mil.) An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled.

3. Pompous show; formal display or exhibition.

Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade. --Swift.

4. That which is displayed; a show; a spectacle; an imposing procession; the movement of any body marshaled in military order; as, a parade of firemen.

In state returned the grand parade. --Swift.

5. Posture of defense; guard. [A Gallicism.]

When they are not in parade, and upon their guard. --Locke.

6. A public walk; a promenade.

Dress parade, Undress parade. See under Dress, and Undress.

Parade rest, a position of rest for soldiers, in which, however, they are required to be silent and motionless. --Wilhelm.

Syn: Ostentation; display; show.

Usage: Parade, Ostentation. Parade is a pompous exhibition of things for the purpose of display; ostentation now generally indicates a parade of virtues or other qualities for which one expects to be honored. "It was not in the mere parade of royalty that the Mexican potentates exhibited their power." --Robertson. "We are dazzled with the splendor of titles, the ostentation of learning, and the noise of victories." --Spectator.

Parade

Pa*rade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paraded; p. pr. & vb. n. Parading.] [Cf. F. parader.]

1. To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off.

Parading all her sensibility. --Byron.

2. To assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or march ceremoniously; as, to parade troops.

Parade

Pa*rade"\, v. i. 1. To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place.

2. To assemble in military order for evolutions and inspection; to form or march, as in review.
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Language Translation for : Parade
Spanish: desfile,
German: der Umzug,
Japanese: 行列
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parade 
1656, "a show of bravado," also "an assembly of troops for inspections," from Fr. parade "display, show, military parade," from M.Fr. parade (15c.), or from It. parate "a warding or defending, a garish setting forth," or Sp. parada "a staying or stopping," all from V.L. *parata, from L. parer "arrange, prepare, adorn" (see pare), which developed widespread senses in Romanic derivatives. Non-military sense of "march, procession" is first recorded 1673. The verb is from 1686.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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PARADE
PARallel Applicative Database Engine. A project at Glasgow University to construct a transaction-processor in the parallel functional programming language Haskell to run on an ICL EDS+ database machine.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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parade

see hit parade; rain on one's parade.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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