water parade
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Singapore/ˈwɔtə pəˈɹeɪd/
water parade noun: a water drinking session that is carried out to prevent individuals from dehydration.
Noun
water parade (plural water parades)
- A water drinking session that is carried out to prevent individuals from dehydration.
- When either the red plate (indicating very hot weather above 32 deg C) or the orange plate (indicating hot weather between 30 and 32 deg C) are displayed, a water parade must be conducted before, and during, training. In a water parade, soldiers line up and drink water.1987, Chua Chin Chye, “The Straits Times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 1
- New training regulations which stipulate rest periods for soldiers and water "parades" at which soldiers must drink water before, during and after training.1997, Thomas Lee, “The Straits Times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page Home 40
Examples of water parade in a sentence
- 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:
- Supervised drinking or “water parades” can help ensure this.2010, Workplace Safety, Health Council, “Workplace Safety and Health Guidelines: Managing Heat Stress in the Workplace”, in (Please provide...
- Do you know that every recruit undergoing Basic Military Training (BMT) has to drink eight to 10 litres of water during 'water parades' to prevent dehydration?2011, Chen Wen Li, ““Water parade” at Raffles Place”, in cyber pioneer:
- Construction workers are also given personal water bottles and "water parades" - similar to those in military training where soldiers are told to drink lots of water - are also conducted.2016, Benjamin Tan, “The Straits Times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Home:
Forms of water parade
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Questions about water parade
- What does water parade mean?
- Water parade means a water drinking session that is carried out to prevent individuals from dehydration.
- How do you use water parade in a sentence?
- Water parades alone can make up half or more of a day's total intake of water.
- What part of speech is water parade?
- Water parade is a noun.
- How do you pronounce water parade?
- Water parade is pronounced /ˈwɔtə pəˈɹeɪd/ (Singapore).
- What is the plural of water parade?
- The plural of water parade is water parades.
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