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para
1[ pah-rah, pahr-ah ]
noun
- a coin and monetary unit of Macedonia and Serbia, one 100th of a dinar.
- formerly, a coin and monetary unit of Yugoslavia, one 100th of a dinar.
para-
2- 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. : p-. Compare meta- ( def 4b ), ortho- ( def 2b ).
para
3[ pah-rah, pahr-ah ]
noun
- a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
para-
4- a combining form meaning “guard against,” occurring in loanwords from French, or, via French, from Italian: parachute; parasol .
para
5[ par-uh ]
adjective
noun
para-
6- a combining form extracted from parachute, forming compounds denoting persons or things utilizing parachutes or landed by parachute: paradrop; paradoctor; paraglider; paratrooper .
para
7[ par-uh ]
noun
para
8[ par-uh ]
noun
- 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.
Pará
9[ pah-rah ]
noun
- an estuary in N Brazil: an arm of the Amazon. 200 miles (320 km) long; 40 miles (65 km) wide.
Para.
10abbreviation for
- Paraguay.
para-
1prefix
- beside; near
parathyroid
parameter
- beyond
parapsychology
- resembling
paramnesia
- defective; abnormal
paraesthesia
- subsidiary to
paraphysis
paradinitrobenzene
para-cresol
- denoting an isomer, polymer, or compound related to a specified compound
paracasein
paraldehyde
- See ortho-denoting the form of a diatomic substance in which the spins of the two constituent atoms are antiparallel Compare ortho-
parahydrogen
Pará
2/ paˈra /
noun
- a state of N Brazil, on the Atlantic: mostly dense tropical rainforest Capital: Belém. Pop: 6 453 683 (2002). Area: 1 248 042 sq km (474 896 sq miles)
- See Belémanother name for Belém
- an estuary in N Brazil into which flow the Tocantins River and a branch of the Amazon. Length: about 320 km (200 miles)
para-
3combining_form
- indicating an object that acts as a protection against something
parasol
parachute
para
4/ ˈpærə /
noun
- a soldier in an airborne unit
- an airborne unit
- a paragraph
para
5/ ˈpɑːrɑː /
noun
- a New Zealand fern, Marattia salicina , with long heavy fronds Also calledhorseshoe fernking fern
para
6/ ˈpɑːrə /
noun
- a monetary unit of Serbia worth one hundredth of a dinar; formerly a monetary unit of Yugoslavia
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Example Sentences
Today, airplanes mainly hunt submarines by para-dropping a pattern of sonobuoys, most of which are passive listening devices.
The Republicans have called their in-house campaign tech start-up Para Bellum Labs.
And your 2005 Sundance short, Victoria para chino, was a pretty big hit.
The superintendent and many of the workers go down the river to Para and Manaos or to villages on higher ground.
Up to this time, all the rubber was called Para rubber, named from the town of Para in Brazil, from which all rubber was shipped.
Our picture shows a bin of crude up-river Para the finest rubber known.
Methæmoglobin in the blood smaller than in para-acetamido-phenol, but more than when the methyl or ethyl compound is administered.
The influence of position of an alkyl in the aromatic bodies is well shown in ortho-, para- and meta-derivatives.
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