Meaning

1 senses

  1. To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. Mary entered a beauty pageant.

    deMaria nahm an einem Schönheitswettbeweerb teil. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Yanni's daughter won a beauty pageant.

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  3. Sami's girlfriend entered into a beauty pageant.

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  4. He took part in a drag pageant.

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  5. Linda is one of the contestants in the pageant.

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Origin

Late 14th c. as Middle English pagent, from Medieval Latin pagina (“play in a cycle of mys

Late 14th c. as Middle English pagent, from Medieval Latin pagina (“play in a cycle of mystery plays”), perhaps from Latin pāgina (“page of a book”).

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Forms

pageants, pageanting, pageanted, pageanted
Base formpageant · to pageant
3rd person singularpageants
Present participlepageanting
Past simplepageanted
Past participlepageanted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypageant
he, she, itpageants

Past simpleLesson

all personspageanted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pageanted
he, she, ithas pageanted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pageant

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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