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par
/pɑɹ/
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What does par mean?
noun
- Abbreviation of paragraph.
- Abbreviation of parenthesis.
- Abbreviation of parish.
More meanings (19)
adjective
- Abbreviation of parallel.
- Initialism of planed all round: of timber, planed on all sides as opposed to rough sawn.
preposition
- By; with.
noun
- 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.
- Equality of condition or circumstances.
- The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
- A hole in which a player achieves par.
- An amount which is taken as an average or mean.
- Alternative form of parr (“young salmon”).
- Initialism of periodic automatic replenishment: in inventory control, a fixed quantity of an item that must be kept on hand to support daily operations.
- Initialism of photosynthetically-active radiation.
- Initialism of precision approach radar.
- Abbreviation of phased-array radar.
- Abbreviation of pseudoautosomal region.
- Initialism of personnel accountability report.
verb
- To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.
- To associate, to chill, to hang.
proper noun
- A village and beach in Tywardreath and Par parish, east of St Austell, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0753).
- Acronym of Philippine Area of Responsibility.
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IPA pronunciation
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Choice, which is intimately associated with inhibition, is par excellence a cerebral function and in general is associated with intense consciousness.
History and geography--including in the latter, for reasons about to be mentioned, nature study--are the information studies par excellence of the schools.
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Before going further, let us take notice that the seventeenth century is, par excellence, the century distinguished for narratives of imaginary travels.
Neglect of this precaution may lead to an investor purchasing at a premium, and sooner than expected being paid off at par.
Half-an-hour after sunrise Mr Gordon walks quietly into the vast building which contains the sheep and their shearers--called "the shed," par excellence.