parade ground
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3.8
- noun
- /pəˈreɪd ɡraʊnd/
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campo de desfile
- The soldiers stood in formation on the parade ground during the morning inspection.
- a military parade ground
- an old parade ground
- the barracks parade ground
Examples
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Through a veil of dust, we see two lines of uniformed cavalry stretched out across the parade ground.
Fiction book (2002) -
The wagon train turned off the road and rumbled toward the regimental parade ground.
Fiction book (1992) -
...I want you to police this entire area from here to the parade ground.
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This is no parade ground.
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I told you there was a parade ground across our street.
Academic text (2001) -
Inside half an hour, the company was fully formed on the parade ground along with the rest of the regiment.
Fiction book (1992) -
The soldiers put on a splendid demonstration for us upon their parade ground.
Fiction book (1997) -
Beyond the barred window, an American flag flies over the parade ground.
Fiction book (1993) -
Militia musters took place on the same parade ground used by the regiment.
Academic text (2011) -
Hummel and Baxter walk up to the parade ground as the two Huey gunships approach.
Fiction book (1996)
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'parade' (an organized procession) with 'ground' (an open area), yielding an area used for parades. This is a regular noun–noun compositional pattern found across languages and should be predictable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Parade ground comes from the simple idea of a place where a parade happens on flat ground. Soldiers and bands would march and stand there to be seen or checked, so the phrase now means 'a large, level area used for holding parades'.