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Definition of paradeless - 2 dictionary results

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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Word Origin & History

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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