par

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Abbreviation of paragraph.
  2. Abbreviation of parenthesis.
  3. Abbreviation of parish.
adj
  1. Abbreviation of parallel.
prep
  1. By; with.
noun
  1. 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.
  2. Equality of condition or circumstances.
  3. The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
  4. A hole in which a player achieves par.
  5. An amount which is taken as an average or mean.
verb
  1. To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.
noun
  1. Alternative form of parr (“young salmon”).
verb
  1. To associate, to chill, to hang.
name
  1. A village and beach in Tywardreath and Par parish, east of St Austell, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0753).
noun
  1. Initialism of periodic automatic replenishment: in inventory control, a fixed quantity of an item that must be kept on hand to support daily operations.
  2. Initialism of photosynthetically-active radiation.
  3. Initialism of precision approach radar.
  4. Abbreviation of phased-array radar.
  5. Abbreviation of pseudoautosomal region.
  6. Initialism of personnel accountability report.
name
  1. Acronym of Philippine Area of Responsibility.
adj
  1. Initialism of planed all round: of timber, planed on all sides as opposed to rough sawn.

Pronunciation

/pɑː/ /pɑɹ/ [pʰɑɹ] [pʰɑ˞] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pa.wav en-us-par.ogg

Word forms

par pars parring parred

Etymology

Abbreviations

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