English
par
see also: Par, PAR
Noun
  1. Abbreviation of paragraph#English|paragraph.
  2. Abbreviation of parenthesis#English|parenthesis.
  3. Abbreviation of parish#English|parish.
Adjective
  1. Abbreviation of parallel#English|parallel.
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /pɑː/
  • (America) IPA: /pɑɹ/, [pʰɑɹ], [pʰɑ˞]
Preposition
  1. By; with.
Noun

par (plural pars)

  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. (golf, mostly uncountable) The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
    He needs to make this shot for par.
  4. (golf, countable) A hole in which a player achieves par.
  5. (UK) An amount which is taken as an average or mean.
Verb

par (pars, present participle parring; past and past participle parred)

  1. (transitive, golf) To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.
    He will need to par every hole in order to win this game.
Noun

par (plural pars)

  1. Alternative form of parr#English|parr (“young salmon”)
Par
Proper noun
  1. A village/and/beach near St Austell (OS grid ref SX0753).
PAR
Noun

par

  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
Adjective

par (not comparable)

  1. Initialism of planed all round: of timber, planed on all sides as opposed to rough sawn.


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