parade
verb/pəˈreɪd/
/pəˈreɪd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they parade | /pəˈreɪd/ /pəˈreɪd/ |
| he / she / it parades | /pəˈreɪdz/ /pəˈreɪdz/ |
| past simple paraded | /pəˈreɪdɪd/ /pəˈreɪdɪd/ |
| past participle paraded | /pəˈreɪdɪd/ /pəˈreɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form parading | /pəˈreɪdɪŋ/ /pəˈreɪdɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to walk somewhere in a formal group of people, in order to celebrate or protest about something
- The victorious team will parade through the city tomorrow morning.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to walk around in a way that makes other people notice you
- People were parading up and down showing off their finest clothes.
- [transitive] parade somebody/something + adv./prep. to show somebody/something in public so that people can see them/it
- The trophy was paraded around the stadium.
- The prisoners were paraded in front of the crowd.
- (figurative) He is not one to parade his achievements.
- [intransitive, transitive] to come together, or to bring soldiers together, in order to march (= walk formally) in front of other people
- + adv./prep. The crowds applauded as the guards paraded past.
- parade somebody + adv./prep. The colonel paraded his men before the King.
- [intransitive, transitive] to pretend to be, or to make somebody/something seem to be, good or important when they are not
- parade as something myth parading as fact
- parade somebody/something/yourself as something He paraded himself as a loyal supporter of the party.
walk to celebrate/protest
show in public
of soldiers
pretend
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, literally ‘a showing’, from Spanish parada and Italian parata, based on Latin parare ‘prepare, furnish’.
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