Para Meaning
/ˈpɑːɹə/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.
nounA 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.
Sentence Examples
He worked as a para in the local elementary school.
The para medic arrived at the scene within five minutes.
He read the first para of the legal document.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ knew exactly when to pull the ripcord during the night jump.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ athlete competed in the wheelchair racing event and set a new national record.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra /па̀ра, from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1854, Bayard Taylor, A Journey to Central Africa; or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt...:
"The problems that male paras encounter in relation to bladder management pale in significance when placed alongside the problems with bladder management that female paraplegics experience. For women paras, attempts are made to train the bladder to empty itself at regular intervals; however, accidents do happen."
— 2010, Shelley Lynn Tremain, editor, Foucault and the Government of Disability:
"Family of dead para launch legal challenge to Northern Ireland legacy legislation [title]"
— 2023 September 26, Dan Sabbagh, “Family of dead para launch legal challenge to Northern Ireland legacy legislation”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ knew exactly when to pull the ripcord during the night jump.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ athlete competed in the wheelchair racing event and set a new national record.