Meaning

Abbreviation of paragraph..

Definitions by Sense

1. Abbreviation of paragraph.
2. Abbreviation of parenthesis.
3. Abbreviation of parish.
4. Abbreviation of parallel.
5. (in compounds) By; with.
6. 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.
7. Equality of condition or circumstances.
8. (golf, mostly uncountable) The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

He needs to make this shot for par.

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

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

Par with the hard heads and young offenders.

I par with the best, this is bars in the flesh.

Don't par wih a broke boy, I'll do the most.

Word Forms

• pars
• parring
• parred

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Use par when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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