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para

[pah-rah, pahr-ah]

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noun, plural -ras, -ra.

a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.

Origin:
1680–90; < Turkish < Persian pāra literally, piece

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Para is always a great word to know.

So is quincunx. Does it mean:

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

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What para researchers call residual hauntings are small time-space bleeds.

Para seguir cultivando de sus granjas de algas, los dragones azules tienen que absorber mucha luz del sol.

Los ?tomos se formaban pero para que llegaran al estado fundamental deb?an de emitir su exceso de energ?a en forma de fotones".

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What para researchers call residual hauntings are small time-space bleeds.

Para seguir cultivando de sus granjas de algas, los dragones azules tienen que absorber mucha luz del sol.

Los ?tomos se formaban pero para que llegaran al estado fundamental deb?an de emitir su exceso de energ?a en forma de fotones".

Muchos animales se preparan para pasar una noche de paz.

Your second para needs no response, its essentially low level abuse.

Estos salen por la noche para alimentarse de la sangre de vacas y caballos.

Debes investigar el tema m?s minuciosamente para comprender lo que est? diciendo.

El vampiro usa sus dientes afilados para recortarle un poco del pelo a la piel del animal.

Si vis pacem para bellum, is a dangerous approach to peace and safety today and ever.

Los ejércitos conquistaron países lejanos para controlarlo.

Los padres ciclidos empujan y tumban a una tortuga marina mucho mas pesada para evitar que sus hijos sean devorados.

La usas para bañarte, para tirar el agua del inodoro, para lavar y para regar el jardín.

La madera se usa para hacer muebles, papel y otras cosas.

Un león de montaña necesita garras afiladas para poder cazar animales grandes, como el alce.

Pero aún para los leones de montaña más hambrientos, una comida así de grande es demasiado para consumirla del todo.

Para alcanzar su órbita, un satélite se sujeta a un cohete y se lanza al espacio.

Los científicos están buscando la manera para usar esta sustancia química para tratar la cardiopatía.

Estos hallazgos provocaron la búsqueda para descifrar la clave del código los mayas.

Para lograr esto, necesitan el pulverulento de una planta de su s están arraigadas en un.

La serpiente pensó que mi saco de dormir era un lugar ideal para esconderse, entonces se meti.

Eso es porque muchas de ellas son demasiado pequeñas para verse con el ojo desnudo.

Lo uso casi todos los días para proteger mis ojos del sol abrasador.

Usé uno de ell os para ir en busca de agujeros negros.

La gente construyó cañas para transportar el agua a la superficie.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun, plural -ras, -ra.

an aluminum-bronze coin and monetary unit of Yugoslavia, the 100th part of a dinar.

Origin:
1905–10; < Serbo-Croatian pàra < Turkish; see para¹

adjective Chemistry.

pertaining to or occupying two positions (1, 4) in the benzene ring that are separated by two carbon atoms. Compare ortho, meta².

noun

para-dichlorobenzene.

Origin:
1875–80; independent use of para-¹

noun Informal.

a paraprofessional.

a paratrooper.

Origin:
1955–60; by shortening of words compounded with para-¹, para-³

noun, plural par·as, par·ae

[par-ee] . Obstretrics.

Also called parity. a woman's status regarding the bearing of viable offspring: usually followed by a Roman numeral designating the number of times the woman has given birth.

the woman herself.

Compare gravida.

Origin:
1880–85; extracted from primapara, multipara, etc.

noun

an estuary in N Brazil: an arm of the Amazon. 200 miles (320 km) long; 40 miles (65 km) wide.

Belém.

Pará rubber.

a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, most often attached to verbs and verbal derivatives, with the meanings “at or to one side of, beside, side by side” (parabola; paragraph; parallel; paralysis), “beyond, past, by” (paradox; paragogue); by extension from these senses, this prefix came to designate objects or activities auxiliary to or derivative of that denoted by the base word (parody; paronomasia), and hence abnormal or defective (paranoia), a sense now common in modern scientific coinages (parageusia; paralexia). As an English prefix, para-¹ may have any of these senses; it is also productive in the naming of occupational roles considered ancillary or subsidiary to roles requiring more training, or of a higher status, on such models as paramedical and paraprofessional: paralegal; paralibrarian; parapolice.

Chemistry. a combining form designating the para (1, 4) position in the benzene ring. Abbreviation: p-. Compare meta- (def. 2c), ortho- (def. 2b).

Also, especially before a vowel, par-.

Origin:
< Greek para-, combining form representing pará (preposition) beside, alongside of, by, beyond

a combining form meaning “guard against,” occurring in loanwords from French, or, via French, from Italian: parachute; parasol.

Origin:
< French < Italian para, 3rd singular present of parare to prepare against, ward off < Latin parāre to prepare

a combining form extracted from parachute, forming compounds denoting persons or things utilizing parachutes or landed by parachute: paradrop; paradoctor; paraglider; paratrooper.

Paraguay.

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World English Dictionary

para¹ (ˈpɑːrə)

—n , pl -ras, -ra
	a monetary unit of Serbia worth one hundredth of a dinar; formerly a monetary unit of Yugoslavia

[C17: Serbo-Croat, via Turkish from Persian pārah piece, portion]

para² (ˈpærə)

—n
1.	a. a soldier in an airborne unit
	b. an airborne unit
2.	a paragraph

para³ (ˈpɑːrɑː)

—n , pl para
	horseshoe fern, Also called: king fern a New Zealand fern, Marattia salicina, with long heavy fronds

[Māori]

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Main Entry:	para
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	See paraeducator

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Word Origin & History

para-

prefix meaning "alongside, beyond, altered, contrary," from Gk. para- from para (prep.) "beside, near, from, against, contrary to," cognate with Skt. para "beyond;" Hitt. para "on, forth;" L. pro "before, for, in favor of," per- "through;" Goth. faur "along;" O.E. for- "off, away" (see fore).

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Medical Dictionary

para par·a (pār'ə)
n.
A woman who has given birth to an infant or infants.

para- or par-
pref.

Beside; near; alongside: paranucleus.
Beyond: parapsychology.
Incorrect; abnormal: paradipsia.
Similar to; resembling: paratyphoid.
Subsidiary; assistant: paramedical.
Isomeric; polymeric: paraldehyde.
A diatomic molecule in which the nuclei have opposite spin directions: parahydrogen.
Abbr. p- Of or relating to one of three possible isomers of a benzene ring with two attached chemical groups in which the carbon atoms with attached groups are separated by two unsubstituted carbon atoms. Usually in italic: para-bromoiodobenzene.