park
verb/pɑːk/
/pɑːrk/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they park | /pɑːk/ /pɑːrk/ |
| he / she / it parks | /pɑːks/ /pɑːrks/ |
| past simple parked | /pɑːkt/ /pɑːrkt/ |
| past participle parked | /pɑːkt/ /pɑːrkt/ |
| -ing form parking | /ˈpɑːkɪŋ/ /ˈpɑːrkɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to leave a vehicle that you are driving in a particular place for a period of time
- He parked and went inside.
- park + adv./prep. You can't park here.
- He's parked very badly.
- park something + adv./prep. You can't park the car here.
- a badly parked truck
- A red van was parked in front of the house.
- I am parked (= my vehicle is parked) just outside.
- park something My mother parked the car.
- a parked car
- They saw his vehicle parked in the driveway.
- Several police vans were parked outside their home.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorrya1- All the cars were neatly parked on the street.
- Motorists parked illegally are fined £50.
- The police car was discreetly parked in the furthest corner of the courtyard.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- neatly
- badly
- …
- [transitive] park something + adv./prep. (informal) to leave something in a convenient place until you need it
- Just park your bags in the hall until your room is ready.
- [transitive] park yourself + adv./prep. (informal) to sit or stand in a particular place for a period of time
- She parked herself on the edge of the bed.
- [transitive] park something (business, informal) to decide to leave an idea or issue to be dealt with or considered at a later meeting
- Let's park that until our next meeting.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French parc, from medieval Latin parricus, of Germanic origin; related to German Pferch ‘pen, fold’, also to paddock. The word was originally a legal term designating land held by royal permission for keeping game animals: this was enclosed and therefore distinct from a forest or chase, and (also unlike a forest) had no special laws or officers. A military sense ‘space occupied by artillery, wagons, stores, etc., in an encampment’ (late 17th cent.) is the origin of the verb sense (mid 19th cent.) and of sense (2) (early 20th cent.).
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