Pronunciations (6)
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/pɑː/
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/pɑɹ/
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[pʰɑɹ]
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[pʰɑ˞]
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pɑː
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pɑɹ
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- US
Preposition
By; with.
Usage- In compounds
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.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
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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. Bannon is the man who expressly called Breitbart News “the platform for the alt-right,” knowing full-well the toxic range of opinion encompassed by the term.
Equality of condition or circumstances.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
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He needs to make this shot for par.
A hole in which a player achieves par.
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Kaymer started with six straight pars before making a birdie on the seventh and an eagle on the eighth.
An amount which is taken as an average or mean.
Usage- UK usage
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Verb
To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.
Usage- Transitive
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He will need to par every hole in order to win this game.
Verb
To associate, to chill, to hang.
Usage- Multicultural-London-English
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Par with the hard heads and young offenders.
I par with the best, this is bars in the flesh.
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Don't par wih a broke boy, I'll do the most.
Noun
(golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
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a par-5 hole
par for this course is 72
a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
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on a par with the best
Verb
make a score (on a hole) equal to par