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- [pa-rey]
- /paˈreɪ/
- /peər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pa-rey]
- /paˈreɪ/
Definitions of pare word
- noun pare Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon. 1
- transitive verb pare fruit: peel, cut skin from 1
- transitive verb pare expenses: reduce 1
- verb pare When you pare something, or pare part of it off or away, you cut off its skin or its outer layer. 0
- verb pare If you pare something down or back, or if you pare it, you reduce it. 0
- verb pare to peel or cut (the outer layer) from (something) 0
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Origin of pare
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English paren < Middle French parer to make ready, trim < Latin parāre to prepare
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Parts of speech for Pare
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pare popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pare usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pare
verb pare
- abbreviate — If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- bant — string
- banted — to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- banting — slimming by avoiding eating sugar, starch, and fat
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