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pa·rade / pəˈrād/ • n. 1. a public procession, esp. one celebrating a special day or event and including marching bands and floats. ∎ a formal march or gathering of troops for inspection or display. ∎ a series of people or things appearing or being displayed one after the other: the parade of Hollywood celebrities who troop onto his show. ∎ a distasteful manifestation of a particular quality or kind of behavior: the parade of lunacy and corruption will continue. 2. a parade ground. ∎ Brit. a public square or promenade. ∎ Brit. a row of stores: a shopping parade. • v. [intr.] walk or march in public in a formal procession or in an ostentatious or attention-seeking way: officers will parade through the town center. ∎ [tr.] walk or march in such a way along (the streets of a town): carefree young men were parading the streets. ∎ [tr.] display (someone or something) while marching or moving around a place: revolutionary guards paraded him through the streets. ∎ [tr.] display (something) publicly in order to impress or attract attention: he paraded his knowledge. ∎ (parade as) appear falsely as; masquerade as: these untruths parading as history. ∎ (of troops) assemble for a formal inspection or ceremonial occasion: the recruits were due to parade that day. PHRASES: on parade taking part in a parade. ∎ on public display: politicians are always on parade. DERIVATIVES: pa·rad·er n. |
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"parade." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "parade." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-parade.html "parade." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-parade.html |
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Parade (1998), a musical play by Alfred Uhry (book), Jason Robert Brown (music, lyrics). [Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 85 perf.; NYDCC Award.] When a fourteen‐year‐old girl is found murdered in the basement of the Atlanta factory where she worked, suspicion immediately falls on Leo Frank ( Brent Carver), the aloof Jewish manager of the factory from Brooklyn. The press rallies the public against the non‐Christian Yankee, a string of lies is presented at his trial, and Frank is found guilty. His wife, Lucille ( Carolee Carmello), convinces the governor to commute the sentence, but an angry mob storms the jail and lynches Frank from a tree. Notable songs: The Old Red Hills of Home; All the Wasted Time; You Don't Know This Man. Based on a true case in Atlanta in 1915, the dark musical, produced by Lincoln Center, met with mixed notices, though there was wide praise for the cast, Hal Prince's direction, and the score. Jason Robert BROWN (b. 1970) was born in Ossining, New York, the son of a salesman and a schoolteacher, and educated at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester. Brown's first score to be heard in New York was Songs for a New World (1995) Off Broadway, and he made his Broadway debut with Parade. He is also the author‐composer of the two‐character musical The Last Five Years (2001).
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Parade." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Parade." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-Parade.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Parade." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-Parade.html |
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Parade, in the French theatre, a short sketch acted by fairground actors outside their booth in order to induce the spectators to pay their entrance-fees to see the play given inside. A volume of plots of such parades acted on the first-floor balcony of the Théâtre de la Foire Saint-Germain (see FAIRS), destroyed in 1756, shows the affinity of the genre with the scenarios of the Italian commedia dell'arte, but there is also evidence of direct survival from French medieval farce. The parade died out with the disappearance of the old theatres of the fairs in the mid-18th century but was revived by Bobèche and Galimafré on the post-Revolution boulevard du Temple. A vogue for this essentially popular form among the more sophisticated audiences of the private theatres fashionable in the second half of the 18th century was catered for by a number of dramatists of the time, among them Beaumarchais.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Parade." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Parade." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Parade.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Parade." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Parade.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "parade." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "parade." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-parade.html T. F. HOAD. "parade." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-parade.html |
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parade n.
1. a formal march or gathering of troops for inspection or display. 2. a parade ground. v. (of troops) assemble for a formal inspection or ceremonial occasion: the recruits were due to parade that day. on parade taking part in a parade. |
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"parade." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "parade." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-parade.html "parade." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-parade.html |
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Paradea procession of animals or people; an assembly of people, especially of promenaders. See also cortège, procession. Examples : parade of coaches, 1673; of elephants; of firemen; of promenaders; of soldiers, 1656. |
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"Parade." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Parade." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301070.html "Parade." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301070.html |
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Parade." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Parade." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-Parade.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Parade." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-Parade.html |
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parade.
1. Place (parade-ground) where troops assemble for parade. 2. Level space forming the interior or enclosed area of a fortification. 3. Public square or promenade. |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "parade." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "parade." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-parade.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "parade." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-parade.html |
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•eyeshade • sunshade
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"parade." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "parade." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-parade.html "parade." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-parade.html |
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