par

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈpɑː/ 🇺🇸 /ˈpɑr/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A standard or level of quality, value, or performance that is considered normal or average; equality in value or standing.; In golf, the number of strokes that an expert player is expected to need to complete a hole or a course.; The face value or nominal value of a stock, bond, or other financial instrument, as distinct from its market value.; The recognized value of one country's currency in terms of another country's currency; the exchange rate established by law or convention.; A state of equality or equivalence between two things.; An average or typical condition, especially of health.
  2. adjective
    Average, normal, or typical; meeting the expected standard.
  3. noun
    In cricket, the expected number of runs to be scored from a particular delivery or over.; A person or thing regarded as equal to another; a peer or match.; In billiards, the number of strokes expected to pocket all the balls.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable / uncountable Plural: pars 3rd sing.: pars Past: parred Past part.: parred Pres part.: parring

Collocations

on parbelow parabove parpar for the courseup to parpar valuepar excellence

Synonyms

standardnormaveragelevelequality

Commonly confused

pare
EN: 'Pare' means to trim or cut away (e.g., pare an apple); 'par' means a standard or level of equality.
pair
EN: 'Pair' refers to two matching items; 'par' refers to a standard or norm.

Spelling tips

EN: When used as a verb (golf), double the 'r': 'parred', 'parring'. Do not confuse with 'pare' (to trim) or 'pair' (two of something).

💬 Examples

  1. Her performance was not up to par with the rest of the team.

  2. He finished the round three under par.

  3. The bonds were issued at par, meaning they were sold at their face value.

  4. The par of exchange between the two currencies was fixed by the central bank.

  5. The two candidates are on par in the latest polls.

  6. I'm feeling below par today and think I might be coming down with a cold.

  7. It was a par day at the office with nothing unusual happening.

  8. The batsman scored well above par for that over.

  9. He had no par in the field of mathematics during his era.

  10. She completed the frame at par.