## Meanings
1. A public celebration in which people walk or march through the streets, often with music and decorations.
2. To walk or march together in a procession.
3. To show something off proudly so that others notice it.

## Examples
- Thousands lined the streets to watch the carnival parade.
- The veterans paraded down the main street.
- He paraded his new car around the neighbourhood.

## Derived Forms
- antiparade
- miniparade
- parade-goer
- paradeful
- paradegoer
- paradeless
- paradelike
- parader
- paradingly
- preparade
- unparaded

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: parade
- Root: parata
- Root: magnō

## Etymology
From French parade (“an ostentatious display, a military display”), from parer (“to beautify, prepare, take pride in”) + -ade probably under influence from earlier Italian parata (“preparation, a military parade, an ostentatious display”) and Latin magnō parātū (“with great preparation”). Various senses similarly influenced by earlier French and Italian uses. Doublet of pare.

## AI Etymology
Parade comes from French parade (“an ostentatious display, a military display”), from parer (“to beautify, prepare, take pride in”) + -ade probably under influence from earlier Italian parata (“preparation, a military parade, an ostentatious display”) and Latin magnō parātū (“with great preparation”). Various senses similarly influenced by earlier French and Italian uses. Doublet of pare. Modern senses include a public celebration in which people walk or march through the streets, often with music and decorations and to walk or march together in a procession. The wider word family includes derivatives such as antiparade, miniparade, parade-goer, paradeful, paradegoer, and paradeless.

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- People & Society

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