parade
parade
/pəˈreɪd/
public celebration
1 countable a public celebration of a special day or event, usually with bands in the streets and decorated vehicles the Lord Mayor’s parade
St Patrick’s Day parade in New York
The parade is held every year.
Thousands of people were at the parade.
Oxford Collocations
adjective
verb + parade
parade + verb
take place
parade + noun
preposition
at a/the parade
on parade
of soldiers
2 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.
series
Each generation passes through a similar parade of events.
row of shops
4 countable (especially British English) (often in names) a street with a row of small shops a shopping parade
wealth/knowledge
5 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.
Idioms
parade
/pəˈreɪd/
walk to celebrate/protest
1 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
2 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.
3 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
4 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
5 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.
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Word Origin
mid 17th cent.: from French, literally ‘a showing’, from Spanish parada and Italian parata, based on Latin parare ‘prepare, furnish’.