Para

Definition: Para

Para

Noun

1. (obstetrics) the number of live-born children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children".

2. 100 para equal 1 dinar.

3. A soldier in the paratroops.

4. An estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "para" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1637. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Para

Preparation

Phrase: a bove majori discit arare minor; "looking before and after ", si vis pacem para bellum.

Remedy

Phr. aux grands maux les grands remedes; Dios que da la llaga da la medicina; para todo hay remedio sino para la muerte; temporis ars medicina fere est; " the remedy is worse than the disease "; " throw physic to the dogs, I'll none of it ".

Warfare

Phrase: the battle rages; a la guerre comme a la guerre; bis peccare in bello non licet; jus gladii; "my voice is still for war"; "'tis well that war is so terrible, otherwise we might grow fond of it"; "my sentence is for open war"; "pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war"; "the cannons have their bowels full of wrath"; "the cannons..spit forth their iron indignation"; "the fire-eyed maid of smoky war"; silent leges inter arma; si vis pacem para bellum.

Crosswords: Para

Albanian (ahead, before, beforehand, cash, chuck, contribution, currency, dough, Duff, forward, in face of, in front of, kale, loot, mammon, money, necessary, oil, oof, pelf, roll, shekels, shell, shiners, siller, splosh, stiff, the almighty), Aymara (forehead), Esperanto (even), French (para), Galician (for, to), Hawaiian (before, in front of), Papiamen (bird, cease, come to a halt, halt, stop), Polish (pair, steam, vapor, vapour), Portuguese (about to, Agricultural Income Subsidies Programme, AISP, for, in, in order to, onto, PAIA, per, Programme of Agricultural Income Aid, to, toward, towards), Portuguese Brazilian (for, to), Romanian (counter, farthing, fend, Parry, repel), Scottish (See <A HREF="mf09.html#Pàdruig">Pàdruig</A>), Serbo-Croatian (damp, fumes, humour, steam, vapor, vapour), Spanish (against, as, as far as, as for, as regards, at, by, compared with to, for, for the purpose of, hold it, in favor of, in favour of, in order, in order to, in regard to, of, off, per, so as to, to, towards), Swedish (associate, come together, join, mate, pair, pool), Tagalog (for), Turkish (boodle, brass, bread, cash, chink, chip, coffers, coin, currency, dough, ducat, dust, filthy lucre, funds, green, Jack, kale, lolly, lucre, means, monetary, money, oof, pay dirt, pecuniary, purse, rhino, rock, shekels, shiners, sugar, tin, wherewithal), Turkmen (bribe).

Flores! Flores para los muertes (Quick Change; writing credit: Howard Franklin)

Adios no es una palabra para nosotros (Don't Say Goodbye; performing artist: Paulina Rubio)

Para bailar la bamba, se necesita una poca de gracia ("La Bamba"; performing artist: Ritchie Valens)

Dame un beso para siempre (Could I Have This Kiss Forever; performing artist: Whitney Houston)

Apuntes para una tesis doctoral (1974)

Espacio para el futuro (1974)

Una Libélula para cada muerto (1974)

Cebo para una adolescente (1974)

Chuchulucos y arrumacos para burgueses (1974)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Individual recognition of cetaceans : use of photo-identification and other techniques to estimate population parameters : incorporating the proceedings of the symposium and Workshop on Individual Recognition and the Estimation of Cetacean Population Para (reference)

• Flannel Talk Para el Desarrollo de Lectura y Vocabulario Usando la Pizarra de Franela (reference)

• Cocinar Para Maana (reference)

• Para Handy all at sea : more continued voyages of the Vital Spark : chronicled with affection, acknowledgement, and apology to Neil Munro (reference)

• Oraciâon apologâetica por la Espaäna y su mâerito literario : para que sirva de exornaciâon al discorso leâido por el abate Denina en la Academia de Ciencias de Berlâin, respondiendo a la cuestiâon Que se debe a Espaäna? (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Agenda Para La Novia (reference)

• Agenda Para Mama (reference)

• Almacen De Materiales Para La Construccion (reference)

• Asociacion Para El Fomento De La Encuadernacion De Arte Membership (reference)

• Enfoques Para Gestion (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Para Para Sakura (reference)

• Para Todas Tengo (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• 15 Joyas Navidenas Para Bailar (reference)

• Cuarto Para Los Cuarto (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Ml 401 40ppm 32MB Para 1050 Sht Input 500 Sht Output (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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2/3 page 4 5/8 x10. Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health.

O melhor alimento para seu filho você encontra nessa embalagem. Recuse imitacoes. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Lea esta etiqueta. La Dentadura de su bebé depende de ello. : Para Prevenir Las Caries: Dele Solamente Agua A Su Niño A La Hora De Acostarlo. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", January-June 1863, page 196, depicting the bombardment of Fort McAllister by the U.S. Navy monitors Passaic, Patapsco and Nahant. The engraving is based on a sketch by "an eye-witness" on board USS Montauk, which is in the right center foreground. In the left foreground, firing on the fort, are the mortar schooners C.P. Williams, Norfolk Packet and Para. Among other U.S. Navy ships involved were gunboats Wissahickon, Seneca and Dawn and tug Dandelion. Credit: NAVY.

Muestras para bordado, cuaderno no. 8. Credit: Library of Congress.

Versos muy extravagantes, divertidos fabulosos, de reír y pasar el rato para todos los curiosos. Credit: Library of Congress.

Que hoces tu para evitar esto?. Credit: Library of Congress.

Campos y fabricas, para los sindicatos!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Traigan nuestros hijos de Vietnam : vote por Paul Boutelle, candidato para alcalde. Credit: Library of Congress.

A future for every child un avenir pour chaque enfant = un futuro para cada nino. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Business

For example, a permanent institution called "Missao para a Sociedade de Informacao" (Mission for the Information Society) has been created for the purpose of promoting this sector's development. (references)

The Official Credit Institute (Instituto de Credito Oficial – ICO) and the Energy Diversification and Saving Institute (Instituto para la Diversificacion y Ahorro de la Energia – IDAE) have recently reached an agreement to finance renewable energy (energy efficiency and saving) projects in Spain through special loans. (references)

Children

Brazil

CEDECA in Belem, in the state of Para, reported that in 1998 a total of 2,328 youths under the age of 18, or 0.5 percent of the youth population, spent their days in the streets. (references)

Economic History

Brazil

A notable case in June 2000 in the state of Para saw a landowner convicted of ordering the murder of a local Workers' Union official. (references)

Brazil

Two large hydroelectrical projects, the 12,600 megawatt Itaipu Dam on the Parana River--the world's largest dam--and the Tucurui Dam in Para in northern Brazil, are in operation. (references)

Human Rights

Brazil

A report on death squads issued by the Human Rights Committee of the Federal Chamber of Deputies in 1999 highlighted death squad activity with police involvement in the states of Bahia, Rio Grande do Norte, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Amazonas, Para, Paraiba, Ceara, Espirito Santo, and Acre. (references)

Brazil

The state of Para continued to be a focus of rural violence. (references)

Brazil

In October the CPT issued a list of 22 activists in Para who had been marked for death by large landowners. (references)

Political Economy

Argentina

In April 1994, a number of left-of-center politicians joined with former Peronists to create the National Solidarity Front (Frente para un Pais en Solidaridad), or FREPASO. (references)

Trade

Brazil

Commercial invoices and bills of lading must have "Free Zone of Manaus" typed on them, and one of the following statements: "Zona Franca de Manaus para Consumo" (Manaus Free Zone for Consumption) or "Zona Franca de Manaus para Reexportação" (Manaus Free Zone for Reexport). (references)

Armenia

To insure their risks in dealing with Armenian partners, American businessmen are encouraged to contact the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) in Washington (see also para 8.6). OPIC is a U.S. government agency that provides insurance (and reinsurance) coverage against three types of political risks: currency inconvertibility, expropriation, and political violence. (references)

Worker Rights

Brazil

According to Catholic Church activists, six activists had been killed in Para state as of August. (references)

Brazil

CPT leaders in Para state claimed that hired gunmen working in the service of estate owners commited most of these murders. (references)

Brazil

Para continued to be the state with the most violence directed toward labor leaders. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "para": buraco para inspecção ♦ para aminobenzoic acid ♦ para grass ♦ para I ♦ para II ♦ para nut ♦ para River ♦ para rubber ♦ para rubber tree ♦ si vis pacem para bellum. Additional references.

Beginning with "para": Para-amidophenol, para-amino, Para-aminobenzoic, para-aminosalicylic, para-amino-salicylic, Para-anaesthesia, para-aortic, Para-Aortic Bodies, para-benzoquinone, para-clerics, para-clinical, para-crystalline, para-curricular, para-dichlorobenzene, para-dise, para-gliders, para-gliding, para-graphs, para-hyponyms, para-hyponymy, para-incompatibility, para-incompatibles, para-influenza, para-legal, para-legals, para-literary, para-literature, para-llel, para-medic, para-medical, para-militaries, para-military, para-nirvana, para-normal, para-oesophageal, para-oriented, para-phenylenediamine-oxidase, para-police, para-profession, para-professional, para-professionals, para-psychologists, para-psychology, para-psychoses, para-public, para-relation, para-relations, para-sailing, para-social, para-space, Para-tex, Para-Time, para-transit, para-xylene.

Ending with "para": ex-para, sub-para.

Containing "para": N-acetyl-para-aminophenol.

Albanian

pranë- (para-, peri-), para- (fore-, para-, pre-, pro-), përtej- (para-, trans-), afër- (para-, peri-). (various references)

Arabic 

‏الشرطة الشعبية (para-police), ‏شبه الشرطة (para-police). (various references)

Chinese 

巴拉 (Para-). (various references)

Danish

para-antistof (para-antibody), paraaminobenzoesyretest (PABA test, para-aminobenzoic acid test), paraaminohippursyre (para-aminohippuric acid clearance), paraaminosalicylsyre (para-aminosalicylic acid, PASA), para-aminosalicylsyre (para-aminosalicylic acid, PASA), para-anal (para-anal), paraaortisk (para-aortic), para-arteriel (para-arterial), paraurethral (para-urethral), para-amyloid (para-amyloid), PAS (passport), para-cymen (para-cymene), paraoesofagealt hernie (para-oesophageal hiatal hernia), parainfluenzavirus (Parainfluenza virus, para-influenza virus), paraimmunitet (para-immunity), para-ependymale organer (para-ependymal organs), primipara (para I, primipara, primiparous woman), andengangsfødende (para II, secundipara), secundipara (para II, secundipara), hernia parumbilicalis (para-umbilical hernia), hernia parainguinalis (para-inguinal hernia), fugle-parainfluenza (avian para influenza), førstegangsfødende (para I, primipara, primiparous woman), ductus paraurethrales (para-urethral ducts), corpora paraaortica (para-aortic bodies). (various references)

Dutch

primipara (para I, primipara, primiparous woman), para-urethraal (para-urethral), para-immuniteit (para-immunity), para-esofageale hernia (para-oesophageal hiatal hernia), paracymeen (para-cymene), para-aortisch (para-aortic), PABA-test (PABA test, para-aminobenzoic acid test), tubulus skenei (para-urethral ducts), tubulus paraurethralis (para-urethral ducts), hernia parumbilicalis (para-umbilical hernia), hernia para-inguinalis (para-inguinal hernia), hernia inguinalis intra-iliaca (para-inguinal hernia), ductus paraurethralis (para-urethral ducts), corpora paraaortica (para-aortic bodies), buis van Skene (para-urethral ducts). (various references)

Finnish

puolisotilaallinen (para-military), para-aminobentsoehappo (P.A.B.A., para-aminobenzoic acid, vitamin Bx), PABA-koe (PABA test, para-aminobenzoic acid test), PABA (P.A.B.A., para-aminobenzoic acid, vitamin Bx). (various references)

French

para (PAIA), alinéa (paragraph), al. (para., paragraph). (various references)

German

neben (alongside, apart from, aside from, at, beneath, beside, besides, by, close by, compared to, compared with, near, near to, nearby, next, next to), Absatz (demand, half-landing, heel, indention, landing, overhang, paragraph, sale, sales, section), Abs. (abs., absolute, para., paragraph). (various references)

Greek 

PABA-test (PABA test, para-aminobenzoic acid test), παρα-αρτηριακός (para-arterial), αδένες του Skene (para-urethral ducts), παρουρηθραίοι πόροι (para-urethral ducts), παραουρηθραίος (para-urethral), παραομφαλική κήλη (para-umbilical hernia), παρααορτικά γάγγλια (para-aortic bodies), παρααορτικά σωμάτια (para-aortic bodies), παρα-αορτικός (para-aortic), παρα-αμυλοειδής (para-amyloid), παρα-αμινοβενζοϊκό οξύ (P.A.B.A., para-aminobenzoic acid, vitamin Bx), δοκιμασία PABA (PABA test, para-aminobenzoic acid test), παρα-αντίσωμα (para-antibody), παρα-ενδυματικά όργανα (para-ependymal organs), παρα-πρωκτικός (para-anal), παραγριπικός ιός (para-influenza virus), παρακυμένιο (para-cymene), πρωτοτόκος (para I, primipara, primiparous woman), βιταμίνη Bx (P.A.B.A., para-aminobenzoic acid, vitamin Bx), βιταμίνη H' (P.A.B.A., para-aminobenzoic acid, vitamin Bx), κάθαρσις του παρα-αμινοϊππουρικού άλατος (para-aminohippuric acid clearance), κάθαρσις του PAH (para-aminohippuric acid clearance), παρα-ανοσία (para-immunity). (various references)

Italian

parà (paratrooper), comma (paragraph), cma (maximal acceptable concentration, maximal allowable concentration, Maximum Admissible Concentration, Maximum Permissible Concentration, paragraph). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

疑似コレラ (para-cholera, suspected case of cholera). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぎじコレラ (para-cholera, suspected case of cholera). (various references)

Pig Latin

arapay.(various references)

Portuguese

para-anticorpos (para-antibody), pára- (para-), para-anal (para-anal), para-arterial (para-arterial), paracimeno (para-cymene), paramilóide (para-amyloid), para-uretral (para-urethral), primípara (para I, primipara, primiparous woman), para-aórtico (para-aortic), vírus para-influenza (para-influenza virus), órgão paraependimário (para-ependymal organs), secundípara (para II, secundipara), hérnia para-umbilical (para-umbilical hernia), hérnia para-inguinal (para-inguinal hernia), depuração plasmática do ácido para-aminohipúrico (para-aminohippuric acid clearance), conduto para-uretral (para-urethral ducts). (various references)

Romanian

para- (para-). (various references)

Scottish

Pàdruig. (various references)

Spanish

paraca. (various references)

Turkish

paragraf (paragraph), paraşütçü asker (paratrooper). (various references)

Ukrainian

пара- (para-). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "para": parabioses, parabiosis, parabiotic, parabiotically, parable, parables, parabola, parabolas, parabolic, parabolically, paraboloid, paraboloidal, paraboloids, parachor, parachors, parachute, parachuted, parachutes, parachutic, parachuting, parachutist, parachutists, parade, paraded, parader, paraders, parades, paradichlorobenzene, paradichlorobenzenes, paradiddle, paradiddles, paradigm, paradigmatic, paradigmatically, paradigms, parading, paradisaic, paradisaical, paradisaically, paradisal, paradise, paradises, paradisiac, paradisiacal, paradisiacally, paradisial, paradisical, parador, paradores, paradors, parados. (additional references)

Words ending with "para": ovipara, primipara, vivipara. (additional references)

Words containing "para": antiparallel, antiparasitic, antiparasitics, antiseparatist, antiseparatists, apparat, apparatchik, apparatchiki, apparatchiks, apparats, apparatus, apparatuses, asparagine, asparagines, asparagus, chaparajos, comparabilities, comparability, comparable, comparableness, comparablenesses, comparably, comparatist, comparatists, comparative, comparatively, comparativeness, comparativenesses, comparatives, comparativist, comparativists, comparator, comparators, cycloparaffin, cycloparaffins, disparage, disparaged, disparagement, disparagements, disparager, disparagers, disparages, disparaging, disparagingly, disparate, disparately, disparateness, disparatenesses, ectoparasite, ectoparasites, ectoparasitic. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Para" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apara, Kpakra, paar, Padam, Pajah, Paran, Pardah, Parga, Paria, parna, parra, Parral, Parri, Paua, Paya, Pera, Perak, Perea, Perga, Pergau, Perna, Phara, Pharax, Piara, Pidra, Pirna, Piro, Pivra, Poari, Porac, Poraz, Ppru, Praca, Prai, Praja, Praz, Pukraj, Puura. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: par, rap.

-2 letters: aa, ar, pa.

+1 letter: apart, parae, paras, parka, praam.

+2 letters: apiary, appear, carpal, earlap, grappa, palmar, parade, paramo, parang, paraph, pardah, pariah, parian, parkas, parlay, parral, partan, parura, picara, pirana, piraya, planar, praams, purana, raphae, raphia, sarape, satrap, tarpan, trapan.

+3 letters: adapter, adaptor, agrapha, airpark, airplay, amphora, anaphor, aparejo, apocarp, apparat, apparel, appears, apraxia, apraxic, apteral, apteria, apyrase, caltrap, cantrap, caporal, carapax, carpale, carpals, charpai, earflap, earlaps, grandpa, grappas, haircap, hanaper, hardpan, lupanar, mantrap, ovipara, pabular, palabra, palaver, palikar, palmary, palmyra, pandora, pandura, pangram, paprica, paprika, papular, papyral, parable, paraded, parader, parades, parador, parados, paradox, paragon, paramos, parangs, parapet, paraphs, parasol, pardahs, pareira, parerga, parfait, pariahs, parians, parkway, parlays, parrals, partake, partans, partial, partita, partway, paruras, patamar, pharaoh, phrasal, picaras, piragua, piranas, piranha, pirayas, placard, plantar, podagra, preanal, precava, puparia, puranas, rampage, rampant, rampart, raphias, rattrap, readapt, rhaphae, roadmap, sarapes, satraps, satrapy, spartan, spiraea, tarpans, trapans, warpage, warpath.