hit parade

hit pa·rade

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hit puh-reyd]
- /hɪt pəˈreɪd/
- /hɪt pəˈreɪd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hit puh-reyd]
- /hɪt pəˈreɪd/

Definitions of hit parade words

noun hit parade a listing or category of popular songs ranked according to their popularity with listeners, usually as shown by sales of records. 1
noun hit parade any sequential listing of popular or favorite persons or things. 1
noun hit parade pop music charts 1
singular noun hit parade The hit parade is the list of CDs which have sold most copies over the previous week or month. 0
noun hit parade a listing or playing of the current most popular songs 0

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Origin of hit parade

First appearance:

before 1935

One of the 8% newest English words

First recorded in 1935-40

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Parts of speech for Hit parade

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Hit parade

hit parade popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for hit parade

noun hit parade

popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies

Just one Synonym for hit parade