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Abbreviation of paragraph. quotations examples
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.
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 419
Abbreviation of parenthesis. examples
Abbreviation of parish. examples
Abbreviation of parallel. examples
(in compounds) By; with. examples
countable and uncountable, plural pars
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. examples
Equality of condition or circumstances. examples
(golf, mostly uncountable) The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole. examples
(golf, countable) A hole in which a player achieves par. quotations examples
Kaymer started with six straight pars before making a birdie on the seventh and an eagle on the eighth.
2009 January 18, “Paul Casey storms to four-stroke lead in Abu Dhabi”, in Herald Sun
(UK) An amount which is taken as an average or mean. examples
third-person singular simple present pars, present participle parring, simple past and past participle parred
(transitive, golf) To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes. examples
plural pars
Alternative form of parr (“young salmon”) examples
(MLE, MTE) To associate, to chill, to hang. quotations examples
Par with the hard heads and young offenders.
2007 May 21, “Sirens” (track 3), in Maths + English, performed by Dizzee Rascal
I par with the best, this is bars in the flesh.
2014 September 27, “Fire in the Booth”performed by Stormzy
Don't par wih a broke boy, I'll do the most.
2016 August 12, “Don't run” (track 2), in PARTYNEXTDOOR 3(PX3), performed by PARTYNEXTDOOR