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Par

//pɑː// adj, name, noun, prep, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of parallel. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Initialism of planed all round: of timber, planed on all sides as opposed to rough sawn. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village and beach in Tywardreath and Par parish, east of St Austell, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0753).
  2. 2
    Acronym of Philippine Area of Responsibility. Philippines, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of paragraph. abbreviation, alt-of

    "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."

  2. 2
    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. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  3. 3
    Alternative form of parr (“young salmon”). alt-of, alternative
  4. 4
    Initialism of periodic automatic replenishment: in inventory control, a fixed quantity of an item that must be kept on hand to support daily operations. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course wordnet
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  1. 6
    Abbreviation of parenthesis. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 7
    Equality of condition or circumstances. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    Initialism of photosynthetically-active radiation. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 9
    a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced wordnet
  5. 10
    Abbreviation of parish. abbreviation, alt-of
  6. 11
    The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole. uncountable

    "He needs to make this shot for par."

  7. 12
    Initialism of precision approach radar. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  8. 13
    A hole in which a player achieves par. countable

    "Kaymer started with six straight pars before making a birdie on the seventh and an eagle on the eighth."

  9. 14
    Abbreviation of phased-array radar. abbreviation, alt-of
  10. 15
    An amount which is taken as an average or mean. UK, countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    Abbreviation of pseudoautosomal region. abbreviation, alt-of
  12. 17
    Initialism of personnel accountability report. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Preposition
  1. 1
    By; with. in-compounds
Verb
  1. 1
    To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes. transitive

    "He will need to par every hole in order to win this game."

  2. 2
    To associate, to chill, to hang. Multicultural-London-English

    "Par with the hard heads and young offenders."

  3. 3
    make a score (on a hole) equal to par wordnet

Etymology

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Etymology 2

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Etymology 3

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

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Latin pār (“equal”).

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Latin pār (“equal”).

Etymology 6

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole, itself from partner.

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