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par en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

Abbreviations

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of parallel.
   alt of parallel

par en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Abbreviations

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of paragraph.
   alt of paragraph
   • And this particular Chisolm — as the papers had spelled out in headlines and opening pars — had been a soldier, a corporal in the British Army. 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 419:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of parenthesis.
   alt of parenthesis
3. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of parish.
   alt of parish

par en · ADP · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /pɑɹ/ (US)
• [pʰɑ˞] (US)
• [pʰɑɹ] (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /pɑː/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from French par (“through, by”), from Latin per (“through”). Doublet of per.

Meanings

1. (in-compounds) By; with.

par en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pār (“equal”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
   • It also means that when a right-wing Jewish group such as the ZOA chooses to overlook Bannon’s well-documented links to anti-Semitic white nationalists, it puts itself on a moral par with J.V.P. Bannon is the man who expressly called Breitbart News “the platform for the alt-right,” knowing full-well the toxic range of opinion encompassed by the term. 2017 November 16, Bret Stephens, “Steve Bannon Is Bad for the Jews”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2017:
2. (countable, uncountable) Equality of condition or circumstances.
3. (uncountable) The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
   • He needs to make this shot for par.
4. (countable) A hole in which a player achieves par.
   • Kaymer started with six straight pars before making a birdie on the seventh and an eagle on the eighth. 2009 January 18, “Paul Casey storms to four-stroke lead in Abu Dhabi”, in Herald Sun:
5. (UK, countable, uncountable) An amount which is taken as an average or mean.

Forms

Coordinates

condor · birdie · eagle · albatross · buzzard · ostrich · bogey

Deriveds

par for the course (terms derived from par (noun)) · under par (terms derived from par (noun)) · subpar (terms derived from par (noun)) · par value (terms derived from par (noun)) · above par (terms derived from par (noun)) · below par (terms derived from par (noun)) · up to par (terms derived from par (noun)) · no-par (terms derived from par (noun)) · par yield (terms derived from par (noun)) · on par (terms derived from par (noun)) · mint par (terms derived from par (noun)) · course par (terms derived from par (noun)) · on a par (terms derived from par (noun)) · mint par of exchange (terms derived from par (noun))

Relateds

paraventure

par en · VERB · etymology 3

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pār (“equal”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.
   • He will need to par every hole in order to win this game.

Forms

par en · NOUN · etymology 4

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of parr (“young salmon”).
   alt of parr

Forms

par en · VERB · etymology 5

Etymology

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole, itself from partner.

Meanings

1. (Multicultural-London-English) To associate, to chill, to hang.
   • I par with the best, this is bars in the flesh. 2014 September 27, “Fire in the Booth”performed by Stormzy:
   • Par with the hard heads and young offenders. 2007 May 21, “Sirens” (track 3), in Maths + English, performed by Dizzee Rascal:
   • Don't par wih a broke boy, I'll do the most. 2016 August 12, “Don't run” (track 2), in PARTYNEXTDOOR 3(PX3), performed by PARTYNEXTDOOR:

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Relateds

par excellence · par avion · par off · par delictum