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parade

/pəˈɹeɪd/ verb C2
  1. To assemble for inspection, to receive orders, etc. (intransitive)
  2. To march impressively or ostentatiously. (intransitive)
  3. To march past. (intransitive, transitive) · After the field show, it is customary to parade the stands before exiting the field.
  4. To march through or along. (intransitive, transitive)
  5. Synonym of promenade: to walk up and down, especially in public in order to show off and be seen by others. (figuratively, intransitive)
  6. To move slowly through or among. (figuratively, intransitive, transitive)
  7. To walk in a row led by one parent, often trailed by the other. (figuratively, intransitive)
  8. To assemble soldiers for inspection, to receive orders, etc. (transitive)

He/she/it parades · Past paraded · Past participle paraded · -ing form parading

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Verb forms

Base form
parade
He/she/it
parades
Past
paraded
Past participle
paraded
-ing form
parading

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Thus he came along, supporting himself on a curiously carved stick, his aged countenance lit up with happiness, looking for all the world like one of the aged dandies of 1796, parading the newly opened gardens of the Luxembourg and Tuileries.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 22 · C1
## LOST ON DRESS PARADE
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 26 · C1
Up Broadway Chandler moved with the vespertine dress parade.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 27 · C1
Darcy exposed to all the parading and obsequious civility of her husband.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 365 · B2

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