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parole

pa·role
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [puh-rohl]
    • /pəˈroʊl/
    • /pəˈrəʊl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [puh-rohl]
    • /pəˈroʊl/

Definitions of parole word

  • noun parole language as manifested in the actual utterances produced by speakers of a language (contrasted with langue). 1
  • verb with object parole to place or release on parole. 1
  • verb with object parole to admit (an alien) into the U.S. under the parole provision: An increased number of Hungarian refugees were paroled into the United States. 1
  • adjective parole of or relating to parole or parolees: a parole record. 1
  • noun parole prisoner release 1
  • transitive verb parole release on parole 1

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Origin of parole

First appearance:

before 1610
One of the 40% oldest English words
1610-20; < Middle French, short for parole d'honneur word of honor. See parol

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Parole

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

parole popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

parole usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for parole

noun parole

  • abolitionism — the principle or policy of abolition, especially of slavery of blacks in the U.S.
  • affiance — to bind (a person or oneself) in a promise of marriage; betroth
  • citizenship — If you have citizenship of a country, you are legally accepted as belonging to it.
  • discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
  • freedom — the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.

verb parole

  • bailed — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
  • bailing — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
  • disenthrall — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
  • disenthralled — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
  • disenthralling — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.

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