Tra từ parade - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

par·ade [parade parades paraded parading] noun, verb BrE [pəˈreɪd] NAmE [pəˈreɪd]
noun

PUBLIC CELEBRATION
1. countable a public celebration of a special day or event, usually with bands in the streets and decorated vehicles
Syn: ↑procession
•the Lord Mayor's parade
•St Patrick's Day parade in New York

OF SOLDIERS
2. countable, uncountable a formal occasion when soldiers march or stand in lines so that they can be examined by their officers or other important people
•a military parade
•They stood as straight as soldiers on parade.
• (figurative)The latest software will be on parade at the exhibition.
see also ↑identification parade

SERIES
3. countable a series of things or people
•Each generation passes through a similar parade of events.

WEALTH/KNOWLEDGE
4. countable, usually singular ~ of wealth, knowledge, etc. (often disapproving)an obvious display of sth, particularly in order to impress other people

ROW OF SHOPS
5. countable (especially BrE) (often in names)a street with a row of small shops
•a shopping parade
see rain on sb's parade at ↑rain _v.

Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: from French, literally a showing, from Spanish parada and Italian parata, based on Latin parare ‘prepare, furnish’.

Example Bank:
•The parade is held every year.
•The police held an identity parade.
•The president reviewed the military parade.
•The soldiers will be on parade tomorrow.
•They held a parade to mark the soldiers' return.
•Thousands of people were at the parade.
•the St Patrick's Day parade in New York

verb

WALK TO CELEBRATE/PROTEST
1. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) to walk somewhere in a formal group of people, in order to celebrate or protest about sth
•The victorious team will parade through the city tomorrow morning.

SHOW IN PUBLIC
2. intransitive + adv./prep. to walk around in a way that makes other people notice you
•People were parading up and down showing off their finest clothes.
3. transitive ~ sb/sth + adv./prep. to show sb/sth in public so that people can see them/it
•The trophy was paraded around the stadium.
•The prisoners were paraded in front of the crowd.
• (figurative)He is not one to parade his achievements.

OF SOLDIERS
4. intransitive, transitive to come together, or to bring soldiers together, in order to march in front of other people
•+ adv./prep. The crowds applauded as the guards paraded past.
•~ sb + adv./prep. The colonel paraded his men before the Queen.

PRETEND
5. intransitive, transitive to pretend to be, or to make sb/sth seem to be, good or important when they are not
•~ as sth myth parading as fact
•~ sb/sth/yourself as sth He paraded himself as a loyal supporter of the party.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: from French, literally a showing, from Spanish parada and Italian parata, based on Latin parare ‘prepare, furnish’.