annual parade
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- noun
- /ˈæn.ju.əl pəˈreɪd/
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desfile anual
- Things like his annual parade, which gave us all a chance to boast of the town's achievements—which were, truth be told, Caesar's achievements.
- hold an annual parade
- annual parade on Saturday
Examples
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The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic group that had held observances at the monument on Columbus Day since 1955, later joined in the Religious Freedom Day activities and has kept the annual parade and ceremony alive.
Blog text (28) -
We'll have some dancing and music and a whole lot of down-home fun before our annual parade through town.
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I started to set up an event; the Lord Mayor event has an annual parade, so I got involved with that and with some Chinese children and a very simple dragon dance and a parade.
Academic text (2016) -
Here we are in Pyrus, capital of Genovia, for the big annual parade.
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The York Parks and Recreation Department, in conjunction with the Parents Alternative to Latchkey program, and with help from the York Police Department, will host the annual parade, leaving at 4:30 p.m. from Town Hall and marching to Village Elementary School, which will host the party, complete with snacks and music.
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A large, overpowering, destructive force or object, an idol of Krishna that is drawn on a huge cart during an annual parade, under whose wheels devotees throw themselves to be crushed...
Fiction book (2002) -
The 21st annual parade starts at noon on Sunday.
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Boston's Pride Week starts June 2, culminating in its annual parade next Saturday winding through the South End and Back Bay.
Synonyms
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A public march of people with music to celebrate
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A line of people or vehicles moving slowly in a ceremony
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A group of people, animals or vehicles moving together in a formal parade
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a public procession held once every year' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'annual' (occurring once per year) with 'parade' (a public procession). This straightforward adjective + noun composition is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Annual parade simply joins the word annual meaning 'every year' and parade meaning a public walk with floats and bands, so you can picture the same parade coming back 'every year'. That's why it means 'a public celebration held once every year'.