parade

pa|rade¹ [pəˈreıd] n

[Date: 1600-1700; : French; Origin: Old French parer 'to prepare']

1.) a public celebration when musical bands, brightly decorated vehicles etc move down the street

▪ a victory parade

▪ the St Patrick's Day parade

2.) a military ceremony in which soldiers stand or march together so that important people can examine them

▪ a military parade

on parade

(=be standing or marching in a parade)

▪ troops on parade

3.) a line of people moving along so that other people can watch them

▪ a fashion parade

4.) a series of people, events etc that seems to never end

parade of

▪ She had a constant parade of young men coming to visit her.

5.) BrE a street with a row of small shops

→↑identification parade, ↑hit parade

parade ²

parade² v

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1¦(protest/celebrate)¦

2¦(show something)¦

3¦(walk around)¦

4¦(show somebody)¦

5¦(proudly show)¦

6¦(soldiers)¦

7 parade as something/be paraded as something

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1.) ¦(PROTEST/CELEBRATE)¦ [I always + adverb/preposition]

to walk or march together to celebrate or protest about something

parade around/past etc

▪ The marchers paraded peacefully through the capital.

2.) ¦(SHOW SOMETHING)¦ [T]

if you parade your skills, knowledge, possessions etc, you show them publicly in order to make people admire you

= ↑show off

▪ Young athletes will get a chance to parade their skills.

3.) ¦(WALK AROUND)¦ [I always + adverb/preposition]

to walk around, especially in a way that shows that you want people to notice and admire you

parade around/past etc

▪ A trio of girls in extremely tight shorts paraded up and down.

4.) ¦(SHOW SOMEBODY)¦ [T always + adverb/preposition]

if prisoners are paraded on television or through the streets, they are shown to the public, in order to prove that the people holding them are important or powerful

▪ The prisoners were paraded in front of the TV cameras.

5.) ¦(PROUDLY SHOW)¦ [T]

to proudly show something or someone to other people, because you want to look impressive to them

= ↑show off

▪ She paraded her new team.

▪ war medals paraded for public admiration

6.) ¦(SOLDIERS)¦ [I and T]

if soldiers parade, or if an officer parades them, they march together so that an important person can watch them

7.) parade as sth/be paraded as sth

if something parades as something else that is better, someone is pretending that it is the other better thing - used to show disapproval

▪ It's just self-interest parading as concern for your welfare.