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promenade

[ prom-uh-neyd, -nahd ]

noun

  1. a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
  2. an area used for such walking.
  3. a march of guests into a ballroom constituting the opening of a formal ball.
  4. a march of dancers in square dancing.
  5. a formal dance; prom.


verb (used without object)

promenaded, promenading.
  1. to go for or take part in a promenade.
  2. to execute a promenade in square dancing.

verb (used with object)

promenaded, promenading.
  1. to take a promenade through or about.
  2. to conduct or display in or as if in a promenade; parade:

    They promenaded their prisoner before the townspeople.

promenade

/ ËŒ±è°ùÉ’³¾É™Ëˆ²ÔÉ‘Ë»å /

noun

  1. a public walk, esp at a seaside resort
  2. a leisurely walk, esp one in a public place for pleasure or display
  3. a ball or formal dance at a high school or college
  4. a marchlike step in dancing
  5. a marching sequence in a square or country dance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to take a promenade in or through (a place)
  2. intr dancing to perform a promenade
  3. tr to display or exhibit (someone or oneself) on or as if on a promenade
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ±è°ù´Ç³¾±ðˈ²Ô²¹»å±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of promenade1

1560–70; < French, derivative of promener to lead out, take for a walk or airing < Latin ±è°ù´Ç³¾¾±²ÔÄå°ù±ð to drive (beasts) forward ( ±è°ùÅ- pro- 1 + ³¾¾±²ÔÄå°ù±ð to drive); -ade 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of promenade1

C16: from French, from promener to lead out for a walk, from Late Latin prų¾¾±²ÔÄå°ù±ð to drive (cattle) along, from pro- 1+ ³¾¾±²ÔÄå°ù±ð to drive, probably from ³¾¾±²ÔÄå°ùÄ« to threaten
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While crime scene investigators were meticulously searching the area for fingerprints and DNA - and coming up dry - officers were reviewing the promenade's CCTV.

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New Brighton, on the northern tip of the Wirral peninsula in Merseyside, was once a booming holiday destination boasting the longest promenade in the country, a pier and a tower bigger than Blackpool's.

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In the promenades the whisper was of his Project 2025 allies suggesting US withdrawal from the IMF and the World Bank too.

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In the following July, 86 people were killed on the promenade in Nice.

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The suit claims that the water main project was improperly segmented from the promenade.

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