Parks

name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of park form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of park form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

    "In the discussions we had sitting around church basements, I learned that, despite the obvious differences in our environments, these kids were more like me than I ever could have imagined. They also knew more about what was happening in the civil rights movement in the South. I had only vaguely heard of Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King, but these discussions sparked my interest."

  2. 2
    Ellipsis of Oxford University Parks. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  3. 3
    plural of Park form-of, plural

Example

More examples

"There are a lot of parks in London."

Etymology

Compare Parkes.

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