Be On A Par (with Something) - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 be on a par (with something) From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe on a par (with something)be on a par (with something)EQUALto be at the same level or standard  The wages of clerks were on a par with those of manual workers.  We will have Christmas decorations on a par with anything on show at the Metro Centre. → parExamples from the Corpusbe on a par (with something)• The stripping action was on a par with other smaller models.• Its bookshops are on a par, which means it is well catered for.• His creations are on a par with Mozart and the composers of the renaissance.• Loss of self-control in cricket is on a par with evasion of payment for a television licence.• The nice thing is that, at least in music, the girls are on par with the boys.• All human individuals are on a par, but each is separate from every other like the matches in a match box.• At the business unit level profits should be on a par with last year, which was a record result.• At the 283-shop Meadowhall Centre, Sheffield, trade was on a par with 1991. Exercises Exercises

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