{
    "term": "parade",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a public celebration of a special day or event, usually with bands in the streets and decorated vehicles",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Lord Mayor’s parade"
                },
                {
                    "text": "St Patrick’s Day parade in New York"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The parade is held every year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thousands of people were at the parade."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "procession",
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "grand", "colourful/​colorful"],
                "verb + parade": ["have", "hold", "stage"],
                "parade + verb": ["take place"],
                "parade + noun": ["ground", "route", "float"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the parade", "on parade"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "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",
            "sensetop": "on parade",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a military parade"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They held a parade to mark the soldiers' return."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They stood as straight as soldiers on parade.",
                    "contextForm": "on parade"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The latest software will be on parade at the exhibition."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "grand", "colourful/​colorful"],
                "verb + parade": ["have", "hold", "stage"],
                "parade + verb": ["take place"],
                "parade + noun": ["ground", "route", "float"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the parade", "on parade"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a series of things or people",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Each generation passes through a similar parade of events."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a street with a row of small shops",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a shopping parade"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "an obvious display of something, particularly in order to impress other people",
            "sensetop": "parade of wealth, knowledge, etc.",
            "labels": "(often disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Social media is a constant parade of wealth, happiness, success and vanity."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to prevent somebody from enjoying an event; to cause somebody's plans to fail",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈreɪd/",
                "audio": "pa/parade/parade__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈreɪd/",
                "audio": "pa/parade/parade__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from French, literally ‘a showing’, from Spanish parada and Italian parata, based on Latin parare ‘prepare, furnish’."
}