Usually means: Organized public procession for celebration.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word parade:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. parade: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. parade: Merriam-Webster
  3. parade: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. parade: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. parade: Collins English Dictionary
  6. parade: Vocabulary.com
  7. Parade, parade: Wordnik
  8. Parade, parade: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. parade: Wiktionary
  10. parade: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. parade: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. parade: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Parade, parade: Dictionary.com
  14. parade: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. parade: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Parade (Bottom), Parade (British magazine), Parade (French street entertainment), Parade (Parade album), Parade (Prince album), Parade (Ron Carter album), Parade (Spandau Ballet album), Parade (TV series), Parade (UK band), Parade (album), Parade (ballet), Parade (band), Parade (disambiguation), Parade (magazine), Parade (military), Parade (musical), Parade (revue), Parade, The Parade (band), The Parade (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Parade: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. parade: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. parade: Rhymezone
  20. Parade (f), parade, parade (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. parade: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. parade: FreeDictionary.org
  23. parade: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. parade: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. parade: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Parade: Encyclopedia of Organ Stops

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. parade: Legal dictionary

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. PARADE: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. parade: Netlingo
  3. parade: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. parade: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. parade: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An organized display of a group of people, particularly
noun:  (military) Synonym of military parade: A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for inspection at set times.
noun:  A public procession, especially one commemorating a holiday or special event or (dated) in protest.
noun:  (venery, uncommon) Synonym of gaggle: A group of geese when on the move, particularly a line of goslings shepherded by one or more adults.
noun:  (venery, uncommon) Synonym of herd: A group of elephants when on the move.
noun:  A place reserved for such displays, particularly
noun:  (military, now uncommon) Synonym of parade ground: A place specially designated for such displays or for practicing close-order drills.
noun:  (dated) Synonym of promenade: A route, street, or square frequented by pedestrians or formerly used for military parades.
noun:  (uncommon) Synonym of road, used in place names.
noun:  The people who make up such a display, particularly
noun:  (military, now uncommon) The body of soldiers thus assembled.
noun:  The body of promenaders thus assembled.
noun:  (figurative) Synonym of show: any similarly orderly or ostentatious display, especially of a variety of people or a series of things paraded around.
noun:  (UK, figurative, uncommon) A row of shops beside a street.
verb:  (intransitive) To take part in a parade, particularly
verb:  To assemble for inspection, to receive orders, etc.
verb:  To march impressively or ostentatiously.
verb:  (transitive) To march past.
verb:  (transitive) To march through or along.
verb:  (figurative) Synonym of promenade: to walk up and down, especially in public in order to show off and be seen by others.
verb:  (transitive, figurative, of vehicles) To move slowly through or among.
verb:  (figurative, of waterfowl) To walk in a row led by one parent, often trailed by the other.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to take part in a parade, particularly
verb:  To assemble soldiers for inspection, to receive orders, etc.
verb:  (figurative) Synonym of show off: to display or reveal prominently or ostentatiously, especially in a kind of procession.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To furnish with a parade or parades.
noun:  (uncommon) Synonym of parry in both its literal and figurative senses.
noun:  (UK, figurative, now uncommon) Short for programme parade: a description of the programming schedule formerly announced on the radio and various television channels. [(UK, archaic or historical) A block of airtime used to list and describe the upcoming programming schedule.]

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