par

UK /pɑː/ US /pɑɹ/

noun 14adj 2verb 2name 2prep 1

Definitions

noun

Abbreviation of paragraph.

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.

Abbreviation of parenthesis.

Abbreviation of parish.

adj

Abbreviation of parallel.

prep

By; with.

Collocations

ADJ.

below, failed, hard, moral, western

His performance on the exam was well below par for someone of his ability.

VERB + PAR

drive, feel, felt, guarantees, need, parties, run, shot

I felt under par yesterday, so I decided to stay home and rest.

PAR + NOUN

adil, arsenic, belief, brazil, course, economies, excellence, j

The golf course was challenging, but she played well below par.

PREP.

in, on, up, with

The new players were not quite on par with the experienced team members.

ADV.

almost, also, quite

The new restaurant is almost par for the course in this neighborhood.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a state of being essentially equal or equivalent

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

par for the course

To be expected; normal; common.

It took a long time to finish, but that's par for the course on a project like this.

below par

Not up to the average or normal standard.

Steve Gerrard, unusually, had a below-par night, too, even if it was a lovely delivery to set up Welbeck to make it 2-2 with a glancing header.

above par

Better than the average or normal standard.

"Certainly, sir, that will be an excellent method of trial." "Ay, ay, know the way! soon find if they are above par. Be sure don't mind gold waistcoats; nothing but tinsel, all she

Example Bank

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.

Wiktionary

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. Banno

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He needs to make this shot for par.

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

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

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Par with the hard heads and young offenders.

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Usage Notes

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