promenade
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6.5
- noun
- /ˌprɒməˈneɪd/
- Archaic
:
baile de graduación
- Everyone was excited about the upcoming promenade, where they would celebrate their graduation.
- a promenade dress
Examples
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She spent hours getting ready for the promenade that marked the end of high school.
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After the promenade, the bride put on a giveaway, the traditional kind.
Fiction book (1990) -
You should have seen what Gershwin's Promenade sold for, and I'll guide you through "Only The Good Dye Young."
Fiction book (1999) -
So we ask you now to remind certain Of our young people the only way to get a new suit to go to the promenade with Margaret O'Herlihy-- who happens to be a Catholic, by the way-- is to work for it.
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Elegant partygoers sweep from their fancy carriages and promenade to the front door.
Fiction book (1992) -
So we ask you now to remind certain of our young people (glares at Harold) that the only way to get a new suit to go to the promenade with Margaret O'Herlihy, who happens to be a Catholic, by the way, is to work for it.
Fiction book (1995) -
Know, O incredulous Reader! that a master stands in a somewhat different relation towards a pretty, light-hearted, probably ignorant girl than that occupied by a partner at a ball or a gallant on the promenade.
Academic text (1992) -
Short for promenade, the prom strategically enables high schools to instill middle-class values (best) and to create a coming-of-age space where teens may be supervised.
Academic text (2014) -
Black idly tapped the folded magazine in his hand against his leg as he went to inspect Wheatstacks, Snow Effect, Morning, and I chose that moment to shift my attention to the handsome young lovers in Renoir's La Promenade.
Fiction book (2001) -
The students looked stunning as they entered the ballroom for their senior promenade.
Synonyms
463
1.0
A social event where people move to music
426
2.5
A formal dance for high school or college students that happens at year end
253
2.6
A large formal dance where people wear elegant clothes
18
9.9
A formal ball where young women are introduced to society
3
3.2
A formal activity where couples move together in set steps to music like the waltz
1
7.0
A formal party where people wear costumes and masks and dance
Compounds
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Promenade comes from the French verb promener, meaning 'to walk', and the school 'prom' is short for promenade. The idea is that the event began as a formal walk and showing of the class, so a promenade became a formal dance or ball.