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US
/ˈpɛɹə/
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NOUN
- 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia
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(obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children
the parity of the mother must be considered - a soldier in the paratroops
How To Use para In A Sentence
- In 1850 Joy and Edward Wilson patented twin boilers working in parallel within the same casing.
- Combine the corn with steamed green vegetables like asparagus and offer baked potatoes to ensure the children don't go hungry.
- She is simply bartering goodies in return for comparative quietness.
- Shah went forth with her for a distance of three parasangs; after which he bade farewell to her and the Wazir and those with him, and returned to his home in gladness and safety. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- The Syracuse group is developing prototypes of software technologies which will accelerate the take-up of general purpose parallel computing.
- Some paragliding pilots liken their sport to paddling a Class V river while blindfolded.
- Mr. Kelly added that it would be wrong to condemn the lack of a parade and then do nothing about it.
- The publication of Quantum Leaps is not a fluke; rather it is an exceptionally clear manifestation of the taint, stigma, and taboo surrounding the paranormal.
- Armantrout's short lines, use of rhetoric, aggressive lineation, disjunctions and juxtapositions, discursiveness, parataxis, and myriad condensatory techniques are all exemplary, but never overbearing. Seth Abramson: November 2011 Contemporary Poetry Reviews
- The Hindu fakir would sit for days without food or water, or bury himself alive as a kind of spiritual observance, a separation of mind from body.
