par

Etymology 1

Abbreviations

noun

1. Abbreviation of paragraph.
   And this particular Chisolm — as the papers had spelled out in headlines and opening pars — had been a soldier, a corporal in the British Army. 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 419
2. Abbreviation of parenthesis.
3. Abbreviation of parish.

adj

1. Abbreviation of parallel.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French par (“through, by”), from Latin per (“through”). Doublet of per.

prep

1. (in compounds) By; with.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin pār (“equal”).

noun

1. Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
2. Equality of condition or circumstances.
3. (golf, mostly uncountable) The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
   He needs to make this shot for par.
4. (golf, countable) A hole in which a player achieves par.
   Kaymer started with six straight pars before making a birdie on the seventh and an eagle on the eighth. January 18 2009, “Paul Casey storms to four-stroke lead in Abu Dhabi”, in Herald Sun
5. (UK) An amount which is taken as an average or mean.

verb

1. (transitive, golf) To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.
   He will need to par every hole in order to win this game.

Etymology 4

noun

1. Alternative form of parr (“young salmon”)

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole, itself from partner.

verb

1. (MLE, MTE) To associate, to chill, to hang.
   Par with the hard heads and young offenders. 2007-05-21, “Sirens” (track 3), in Maths + English, performed by Dizzee Rascal
   I par with the best, this is bars in the flesh. 2014-09-27, “Fire in the Booth”performed by Stormzy
   Don't par wih a broke boy, I'll do the most. 2016-08-12, “Don't run” (track 2), in PARTYNEXTDOOR 3(PX3), performed by PARTYNEXTDOOR