parade vs present

parade

verb
  • Synonym of show off: to display or reveal prominently or ostentatiously, especially in a kind of procession. 

  • To march through or along. 

  • To march past. 

  • To assemble soldiers for inspection, to receive orders, etc. 

  • To assemble for inspection, to receive orders, etc. 

  • To walk in a row led by one parent, often trailed by the other. 

  • To move slowly through or among. 

  • To march impressively or ostentatiously. 

  • Synonym of promenade: to walk up and down, especially in public in order to show off and be seen by others. 

noun
  • Synonym of military parade: A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for inspection at set times. 

  • The body of soldiers thus assembled. 

  • Synonym of parade ground: A place specially designated for such displays or for practicing close-order drills. 

  • Synonym of road, used in place names. 

  • A row of shops beside a street. 

  • Synonym of parry in both its literal and figurative senses. 

  • Synonym of herd: A group of elephants when on the move. 

  • Synonym of gaggle: A group of geese when on the move, particularly a line of goslings shepherded by one or more adults. 

  • Synonym of show: any similarly orderly or ostentatious display, especially of a variety of people or a series of things paraded around. 

  • A public procession, especially one commemorating a holiday or special event or (dated) in protest. 

  • The body of promenaders thus assembled. 

present

verb
  • To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit. 

  • To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally. 

  • To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution. 

  • To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration. 

  • To give a gift or presentation to (someone). 

  • To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind. 

  • To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow. 

  • To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally. 

  • In omegaverse fiction, to have one's secondary sex (alpha, omega, or beta) become apparent, typically at puberty. 

  • To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer. 

  • To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid. 

  • To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender). 

  • To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration. 

  • To put on, stage (a play etc.). 

  • To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom. 

  • To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth. 

  • To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.). 

  • To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire. 

  • To display one's female genitalia in a way that signals to others that one is ready for copulation. Also referred to as lordosis behaviour. 

adj
  • Located in the immediate vicinity. 

  • Attentive; alert; focused. 

  • Neither for or against (used in voting to express abstention) 

  • Relating to now, for the time being; current. 

  • Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this. 

noun
  • The current moment or period of time. 

  • A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions. 

  • The position of a soldier in presenting arms. 

  • The present tense. 

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