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parade

Definition

  • noun: a public celebration of a special day or event that usually includes many people and groups moving down a street by marching or riding in cars or on special vehicles (called floats)
  • noun: a pompous show
  • verb: to walk or march together in public especially as a way of celebrating or protesting something
  • verb: to cause to maneuver or march
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: marshal, exhibition

Examples

  • Television executives learned that violent shows attract more viewers, and pretty soon it was violence 'on parade' all day long.

  • They don't like having their personal problems 'paraded' in print for everyone to see.

  • We watched a 'parade of' cars go by our house on the way to the stadium for the game.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Connie.' 'But what if this story was true? 'One night in research I saw something, George. 'There was our friend Polyakov at a May day parade in Berlin 'receiving a salute.' 'Why would you salute a cultural attach'? ' 'Exactly. Unless he was a war veteran himself.' (..)
    2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy