parade

noun

/pəˈreɪd/

Idioms

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public celebration

[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

of soldiers

[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.

see also identification paradeTopics War and conflictb2

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective

big
grand
colourful/colorful
…

verb + parade

have
hold
stage
…

parade + verb

take place

parade + noun

ground
route
float
…

preposition

at a/the parade
on parade

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series

[countable] a series of things or people

Each generation passes through a similar parade of events.

row of shops

[countable] (especially British English) (often in names) a street with a row of small shops

a shopping parade

Topics Transport by car or lorryc2

wealth/knowledge

[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.

Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, literally ‘a showing’, from Spanish parada and Italian parata, based on Latin parare ‘prepare, furnish’.

Idioms

rain on somebody’s parade

(informal) to prevent somebody from enjoying an event; to cause somebody's plans to fail

parade

verb

/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/

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walk to celebrate/protest

[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.

show in public

[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.

of soldiers

[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 Queen.

pretend

[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.

Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, literally ‘a showing’, from Spanish parada and Italian parata, based on Latin parare ‘prepare, furnish’.