parnoun
uk/pɑːr/us/pɑːr/par noun (EQUAL)
on a par (with sb/sth)
the same as or equal to someone or something:
The regeneration of the city's downtown dock front will put it on a par with Nice or Cannes.
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Similar and the same
- a level playing field idiom
- affinity
- akin
- alike
- allied
- approach
- clock
- constant
- equal
- every inch idiom
- firm
- homogeneous
- homogenous
- identical
- inch
- resemblance
- Rome
- same
- same difference idiom
- same old same old idiom
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par noun (STANDARD)
[ U ] the usual standard or condition
[ U ] the expected number of times in golf that a good player should have to hit the ball in order to get it into a hole or into all the holes:
Tiger Woods finished the round 10 below/under par.
par (value) specialized
the original value of a share, bond, etc. when it is made available for sale for the first time
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Averages
- average
- average out
- average out at sth
- happy medium
- law
- mean
- median
- medium
- middle
- the law of averages idiom
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Idiom(s)
be par for the course
be up to par
below/under par