Meaning

11 senses
  1. An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation.

    A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, such as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.

    She went to the park for a jog with him.

    17th century, Edmund Waller, At Penshurst While in the park I sing, the listening deer / Attend my passion, and forget to fear.

    паркpark

  2. A piece of ground in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation.

    Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York

    Park

    паркpark

    паркpark

  3. An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.

  4. (US)A wide, flat-bottomed valley in a mountainous region.

  5. An area used for specific purposes.

    An open space occupied by or reserved for vehicles, matériel or stores.

    a wagon park; an artillery park

  6. A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.

  7. An area zoned for a particular (industrial or commercial) purpose.

    business park; industrial park; science park

  8. An area on which a sporting match is played; (soccer) a pitch.

    a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)

  9. (UK)An inventory of matériel.

    A country's tank park or artillery park.

  10. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial)A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.

  11. The gear into which one shifts an automatic transmission when one is parking a car or truck. (Denoted with symbol P on a shifter's labeling.)

Examples

4598 sentences
  1. There isn't anywhere else to park.

    Більше нема де припаркуватися. — deniko

    ruБольше припарковать негде. — Hellerick

    deMan kann sonst nirgendwo parken. — Tamy

  2. This road goes to the park.

    Ця дорога веде до парку. — deniko

    ruЭта дорога идёт до парка. — Hellerick

    deDiese Straße führt zum Park. — Tamy

  3. The park is open to everybody.

    Парк відкрито для всіх. — deniko

    ruПарк открыт для всех. — afyodor

    deDer Park ist jedem frei zugänglich. — Sudajaengi

  4. Could I park my car here?

    Можна мені тут припаркуватися? — deniko

    ruМожно поставить здесь мою машину? — shanghainese

  5. Don't play baseball in the park.

    Не грайте у бейсбол у парку. — aandrusiak

    ruНе играйте в бейсбол в парке. — marafon

    deSpielt im Park kein Baseball! — Yorwba

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
ground for recreation:
Русский
By meaning 1
ground for preservation of game, etc.:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ground for recreation:

Origin

From Middle English park, from Old French parc (“livestock pen”), from Medieval Latin parc

From Middle English park, from Old French parc (“livestock pen”), from Medieval Latin parcus, parricus, from Frankish *parrik (“enclosure, pen, fence”). Cognate with Dutch perk (“enclosure; flowerbed”), Old High German pfarrih, pferrih (“enclosure, pen”), Old English pearroc (“enclosure”) (whence modern English paddock), Old Norse parrak, parak (“enclosure, pen; distress, anxiety”), Icelandic parraka (“to keep pent in under restraint and coercion”). More at parrock, paddock.

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Forms

plural: parks
Singularpark
Pluralparks

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
a piece of ground in or near a city:gardenA1courtyardplaza
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms
a piece of ground in or near a city:buildingA1skyscraperB1streetA1

Word family

92 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • in the park
  • on park street
  • park street
  • parked his car
  • house on park
  • the parking lot
  • parked my car
  • restaurant on park
  • to the park
  • parked in front
  • live on park
  • parking lot

See also

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