PARA | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of para in English paranoun [ C ] uk /ˈpær.ə/ us /ˈper.ə/

para noun [C] (SOLDIER)

Add to word list Add to word list mainly UK informal for paratrooper Soldiers & people who fight in wars

• anti-guerrilla
• Anzac
• berserker
• capability
• cavalryman
• citizen soldier
• comrade
• ex-serviceman
• foot soldier
• grenadier
• paramilitary
• raider
• recruit
• scout
• shogun
• skirmisher
• soldier of fortune
• Unknown Soldier
• unsoldierly
• vassal

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para noun [C] (TEXT)

abbreviation for paragraph : Paras 5 and 6 will have to be rewritten. Pieces of writing

• annotation
• biographic
• blog post
• caption
• Chyron
• creative writing
• draft
• femslash
• intertextual
• intertextuality
• intertextually
• juvenilia
• manuscript
• paragraph
• passage
• think piece
• thought piece
• travel writing
• uncaptioned
• versification

See more results » para-prefix uk /pær.ə-/ us /per.ə-/

para- prefix (BEYOND)

going further than; beyond: Parapsychology is the study of abilities that go beyond what is natural and normal. Paranormal phenomena are things that cannot be explained in a rational or scientific way. Ahead, in front and beyond

• ahead
• ahead of
• ante
• be (right) under your nose idiom
• before
• beyond
• downriver
• follow
• fore
• forward
• front
• front end
• front row
• frontally
• head
• jockey for position
• nose
• past
• up
• yonder

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para- prefix (SIMILAR)

similar to or parallel to, but separate from: Paramilitary organizations are not part of a country's official army. Paralinguistic features are all the things that we express without using language. helping to do a similar job: Paramedics are not qualified to administer certain medications. Paralegals assist lawyers in the delivery of legal services. Similar and the same

• adjacent
• affinity
• akin
• alike
• allied
• cognate
• congruent
• equipollent
• equivalence
• equivalency
• equivalent
• equivalent of something
• mimetic
• monolithic
• muchness
• neck and neck idiom
• next
• next door
• such
• Y, y

See more results » Paraadjective [ before noun ]   trademark uk /ˈpær.ə/ us /ˈper.ə/ used to describe sports for people who have a disability (= a condition that makes it difficult for them to do some things that other people do), or used to describe the people who play these sports, events involving these sports, etc. Sports & games generally

• a cheap shot idiom
• backdoor
• bad bounce
• bad hop
• board sport
• buildering
• classic
• default
• extreme sport
• free running
• general manager
• insurance
• kabaddi
• loot
• mind game
• suspended game
• trail running
• TTRPG
• waive
• waiver

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para | Business English

paranoun [ C ] uk /ˈpærə/ us Add to word list Add to word list written abbreviation for paragraph (Definition of para from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of para, para-, Para, Pará?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 士兵, 傘兵（paratrooper 或 paratroop 的非正式說法）, 文本… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 士兵, 伞兵（paratrooper 或 paratroop 的非正式说法）, 文本… See more in Spanish forma abreviada de "paragraph":, párrafo… See more in Portuguese forma abreviada de "paragraph"… See more Need a translator?

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    • para (SOLDIER)
    • para (TEXT)
  • Prefix 
    • para- (BEYOND)
    • para- (SIMILAR)
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