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Plural of parade

regular plural

The plural of parade is parades.

Forms of parade

Singularparade /pəˈɹeɪd/
Pluralparades /pəˈɹeɪdz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Parades in a sentence

  • The Parade of the Marksmen at the Hanover Schützenfest each July is one of the longest regular parades in the world.
  • As thousands of students flock to darties, parties, and parades this St.2023 March 16, Eli Curwin, “Boston colleges warn students against 'BORGs' as St. Patrick's Day approaches”, in Boston.com, archived from…. From the entry darty
  • All of the parades were expected to pass by here and put on a show.2012, Ma Guoqing, “Globalization: Production of Culture and Cultural Identity — Ethnic Group, Local Society and Transnational Cultural…. From the entry Yanping
  • Water parades alone can make up half or more of a day's total intake of water.2008, Wong Renhao, “How did NS change you?”, in Tech Attack. From the entry water parade
  • Angry parades, sitouts and other perennial forms of protest preceded capitulation.1977, James Michael Lee, The Religious Education We Need, page 12. From the entry sitout

Meaning of parade

  1. noun Synonym of military parade: A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for inspection at set times.
  2. noun A public procession, especially one commemorating a holiday or special event or (dated) in protest.
  3. noun Synonym of gaggle: A group of geese when on the move, particularly a line of goslings shepherded by one or more adults.

Full definition of parade

Questions about the plural of parade

What is the plural of parade?
The plural of parade is parades.
Is parade countable?
Parade is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parade (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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