para

CEFRC1

/ˈpɑːɹə/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small former Turkish monetary unit.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A woman who has given birth or brought pregnancies to viable gestational age a certain number of times, indicated by the number prepended to this word.

Examples

  • He read the first para of the legal document.

  • He worked as a para in the local elementary school.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Clipping of paragraph.

  2. A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.

  3. Clipping of paraphilia.

More examples

In context

  • The para medic arrived at the scene within five minutes.

  • She managed things with so much economy that she was enabled to save two paras every day, out of the piastre which he gave her.

  • Family of dead para launch legal challenge to Northern Ireland legacy legislation [title]

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra /па̀ра, from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).