Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: parade
IPA transcription: [pɚ'eɪd]
Pronunciations of parade
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: parade
    Meaning: a ceremonial procession including people marching
  • Synonyms: parade
    Meaning: an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; "a parade of strollers on the mall"; "a parade of witnesses"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: parade, exhibit, march
    Meaning: walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town"
  • Synonyms: parade, troop, promenade
    Meaning: march in a procession; "the veterans paraded down the street"
Usage examples
  • "And we won't make that easy parade down to the Gulf," said Warner.
  • But we are not disposed to parade these monstrous vices, no matter by whom committed.
  • Among the horsemen, who came quickly together on the parade ground of Port Inge, no one doubted that the Comanches had done the deed.
  • I found a policeman, standing star-gazing, a little way beyond the end of the parade, and verified the wooden-legged man's directions.
  • But, though Mr. Hume always talked of his approaching dissolution with great cheerfulness, he never affected to make any parade of his magnanimity.
  • They were not dress parade soldiers nor smart cadets--only battle-scarred veterans home from the trenches, with the tired look of war in their eyes.
  • Cambridge, according to her custom, welcomed her sons with open drains. Pettycury was up, so was Trinity Street, and navvies peeped out of King's Parade.
  • I walked back to the parade trying to reason my next step out, and muttering to myself, because there was something in that luminous wonderfulness that touched one's brain, and made one feel a little light-headed.
  • Here is more fancy and whim than ever before blessed a hot night. Here, under the wind of an electric fan, they witness everything, from a burial in Westminster to the birthday parade of the ruler of the land of Swat.
  • Then they realized, by the growing crowd on either side of the palace gate and along the narrow street leading away from it, that someone of importance was about to come from the palace and parade through the streets of Peking.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Rice, Minnesota, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Oktoberfest, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Queen Victoria, License CC BY-SA 4.0