PARADE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of parade in English paradenoun [ C ] uk /pəˈreɪd/ us /pəˈreɪd/

parade noun [C] (LINE OF PEOPLE)

Add to word list Add to word list B2 a large number of people walking or in vehicles, all going in the same direction, usually as part of a public celebration of something: a victory parade   Michael Tham M.H./EyeEm/GettyImages a series of people or things that appear one after the other: For three hours a committee of state senators listened to a parade of local residents giving their opinions.  on parade When soldiers are on parade, they march and practise military movements in front of important officials or as part of a public celebration or ceremony: The entire regiment was on parade. See more

• We watched the parade from our perch on the scaffolding.
• Live music and a parade set an upbeat mood for the official opening.
• Tomorrow's parade will mark the 50th anniversary of the battle.
• From our hotel room window, we had a grandstand view of the parade.
• She twirled her baton high in the air as she led the parade.

Walking and walkers

• backpacker
• bring/call something/someone to heel idiom
• cavalcade
• follow a path
• foot traffic
• go for a walk
• processional
• processionally
• race walking
• rambler
• rambling
• retread
• shanks's pony
• tramp
• tread
• trek
• trekking
• trekking pole
• turnaround time
• walk

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Celebrations, parties & special occasions Order and sequence - general words

parade noun [C] (ROAD)

UK a row of shops   AlbertPego/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Parade UK used in the names of some roads: Park Parade Shops & auctions

• agora
• army disposals store
• army surplus store
• army-navy store
• art gallery
• country store
• craft fair
• craft shop
• creamery
• deli
• launderette
• laundry
• liquor store
• makers' market
• mall
• stationer
• stockist
• store
• strip mall
• super-sale

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Roads: urban & residential streets paradeverb uk /pəˈreɪd/ us /pəˈreɪd/ [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] (of a group) to walk or march somewhere, usually as part of a public celebration: The Saint Patrick's Day marchers paraded up Fifth Avenue, past the cathedral. In ancient Rome, captured generals were paraded through the streets in chains. [ I or T ] to show something in an obvious way in order to be admired: It's sickening the way he parades his wealth, his car, and his expensive clothes. The children paraded about/around in their new clothes. Military training & ceremonies

• about
• about turn! idiom
• assault course
• attention
• bull
• civil defence
• drill instructor
• guard
• hup
• induction centre
• march-past
• military honours
• military service
• pass
• reveille
• tattoo
• the trooping of the colour idiom
• tour of duty
• war game
• with full military honours

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Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off (Definition of parade from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

parade | American Dictionary

paradenoun [ C ] us /pəˈreɪd/ Add to word list Add to word list a large number of people marching, walking, or riding in vehicles, all moving in the same direction, usually in a formal way as part of a public celebration: We used to go and see the Thanksgiving Day parade in New York. A parade is also a military ceremony in which soldiers march in front of important officials or as part of a public celebration. (Definition of parade from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of parade

parade She paraded round the town in processions for votes for women. From the Cambridge English Corpus Usually a unit would be paraded at 10.00 a. m. in full dress uniform. From the Cambridge English Corpus Rather than masking the problems that afflicted her business, she paraded them in full view of her customers. From the Cambridge English Corpus Besides the pleasure and pride derived from parades, conference sessions gave delegates the opportunity to share ideas and to further linkages between communities. From the Cambridge English Corpus He examines different parades of education, income, parents' social class, and occupation. From the Cambridge English Corpus Landscapes, public places, military parades, comic scenes and transformations, fairytales and the like have been the subjects of film until now. From the Cambridge English Corpus Modelling includes both the act of showing something (like the fashion model parading with a new dress) and the process of copying and transfer. From the Cambridge English Corpus Events observed included life-cycle (weddings, communions), ritual-cycle (saints' days), and school events (conferences, rallies, local and statewide meetings, parades). From the Cambridge English Corpus The image of youth is paraded by totalitarian regimes to extol their innovativeness in comparison with the ageing liberal world. From the Cambridge English Corpus Individual thinkers and writers are paraded and then put into the ring. From the Cambridge English Corpus Compulsion was alien to the spirit of religion and everyone tried to get out of attending church parades. From the Cambridge English Corpus The familiar failures of leadership and examples of extravagant demagoguery are paraded. From the Cambridge English Corpus As in 1996, campaign rallies and parades were the major means of mobilising party followers and demonstrating support for political parties and presidential candidates. From the Cambridge English Corpus The result was a stage, suitable for civil and military parades. From the Cambridge English Corpus In the popular media, ' crisis' is a word that is repeated frequently as negative statistics and stereotypes are paraded. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of parade These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations with parade

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annual paradeThis is the annual parade of this subject. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0   carnival paradeAlso, a technoparade doesn't share the carnival parade tradition of bombarding the spectators with sweets. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.   military paradeDoes he seriously suggest that whatever the military parade is called for, it should be abandoned because somebody goes to the ground? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0   These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with parade What is the pronunciation of parade?

Translations of parade

in Chinese (Traditional) 群眾隊伍, （慶祝）遊行, 一隊人… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 群众队伍, （庆祝）游行, 一队人… See more in Spanish desfile, desfilar, hacer alarde de… See more in Portuguese desfile, desfilar, ostentar… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian मिरवणूक, पदयात्रा, फेरी… See more パレード, （パレードで）行進する, （富や知識を）ひけらかす… See more geçit töreni, resmi geçit, tören… See more parade [feminine], défilé [masculine], défiler… See more desfilada, desfilar, presumir de… See more parade, defileren, laten aantreden… See more परेड, (विशेष प्रकार का प्रायः अनुशासनबद्ध) जुलूस… See more વિશાળ સંખ્યામાં લોકો પગપાળા ચાલતા કે વાહનોમાં, બધા એક જ દિશામાં જતા, કૂચ કરતા હોય… See more parade, optog, mønstring… See more parad, paradera, låta paradera… See more perarakan, perbarisan, berbaris… See more der Umzug, die Parade, marschieren… See more parade [masculine], paradere, gå i parade… See more پریڈ, جشن, فوجی قواعد… See more парад, шикування, проходити строєм… See more ఊరేగింపు, కవాతు, సామాన్యంగా… See more প্যারেড্‌, শোভাযাত্রা, মিছিল… See more přehlídka, nástup, defilovat… See more pawai, parade, berpawai… See more ขบวนแห่, การเดินแถวเพื่อรับการตรวจพล, เดินขบวน… See more cuộc diễu hành, cuộc duyệt binh, diễu hành… See more parada, afiszować się z, obnosić się z… See more 퍼레이드, 가두행진을 하다, 과시하듯 걸어다니다… See more parata, processione, sfilare… See more Need a translator?

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• hit parade
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• pride parade
• identity parade
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    • parade (LINE OF PEOPLE)
    • on parade
    • parade (ROAD)
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