- [countable] a public celebration of a special day or event, usually with bands in the streets and decorated vehicles synonym procession
- the Lord Mayor’s parade
- St Patrick’s Day parade in New York
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsb2- The parade is held every year.
- Thousands of people were at the parade.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- grand
- colourful/colorful
- …
- have
- hold
- stage
- …
- take place
- ground
- route
- float
- …
- at a/the parade
- on parade
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- [countable, uncountable] a formal occasion when soldiers march or stand in lines so that they can be inspected (= looked at and approved) by their officers or other important people
- a military parade
- They held a parade to mark the soldiers' return.
- on parade They stood as straight as soldiers on parade.
- (figurative) The latest software will be on parade at the exhibition.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- grand
- colourful/colorful
- …
- have
- hold
- stage
- …
- take place
- ground
- route
- float
- …
- at a/the parade
- on parade
- [countable] a series of things or people
- Each generation passes through a similar parade of events.
- [countable] (especially British English) (often in names) a street with a row of small shops
- a shopping parade
- [countable, usually singular] parade of wealth, knowledge, etc. (often disapproving) an obvious display of something, particularly in order to impress other people
- Social media is a constant parade of wealth, happiness, success and vanity.
public celebration
of soldiers
series
row of shops
wealth/knowledge
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, literally ‘a showing’, from Spanish parada and Italian parata, based on Latin parare ‘prepare, furnish’.
Idioms
See parade in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryrain on somebody’s parade
- (informal) to prevent somebody from enjoying an event; to cause somebody's plans to fail
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