par

noun

1. 1

   Variant of paragraphAbbreviation of paragraph.

   And this particular Chisolm — as the papers had spelled out in headlines and opening pars — had been a soldier, a corporal in the British Army.

2. 2

   Variant of parenthesisAbbreviation of parenthesis.

3. 3

   Variant of parishAbbreviation of parish.

adjective

1. 1

   Variant of parallelAbbreviation of parallel.

preposition

1. 1

   By; with.

noun

1. 1

   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.

   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.

2. 2

   Equality of condition or circumstances.

3. 3

   The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.

   He needs to make this shot for par.

4. 4

   A hole in which a player achieves par.

   Kaymer started with six straight pars before making a birdie on the seventh and an eagle on the eighth.

5. 5

   An amount which is taken as an average or mean.

verb

1. 1

   To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.

   He will need to par every hole in order to win this game.

noun

1. 1

   Variant of parrAlternative form of parr (“young salmon”).

verb

1. 1

   To associate, to chill, to hang.

   Par with the hard heads and young offenders.

   I par with the best, this is bars in the flesh.

   Don't par wih a broke boy, I'll do the most.

Forms

plural

pars

past tense

parred

past participle

parred

present participle

parring

third person singular

pars