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Parked Park Car Badly Sense Verb Bre Pɑːk

Word park
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / pɑːk / NAmE / pɑːrk /
Example
  • you can't park here.
  • you can't park the car here.
  • he's parked very badly.
  • a badly parked truck
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park

(verb)BrE / pɑːk / NAmE / pɑːrk /
  1. to leave a vehicle that you are driving in a particular place for a period of time
    • see also double-park
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/double-park
    • You can't park here.
    • You can't park the car here.
    • He's parked very badly.
    • a badly parked truck
    • A red van was parked in front of the house.
    • a parked car
    • Just park your bags in the hall until your room is ready.
  2. to sit or stand in a particular place for a period of time
    • She parked herself on the edge of the bed.
  3. to decide to leave an idea or issue to be dealt with or considered at a later meeting
    • Let's park that until our next meeting.

    Extra Examples

    • All the cars were neatly parked on the street.
    • Motorists parked illegally are fined £50.
    • The police car was discreetly parked in the furthest corner of the courtyard.
    • We were blocked in by a badly parked truck.
    • You can’t park here.

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they park
    • he / she / it parks
    • past simple parked
    • past participle parked
    • -ing form parking

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Old French parc, from medieval Latin parricus, of Germanic origin; related to German Pferch ‘pen, fold’, also to paddock. The word was originally a legal term designating land held by royal permission for keeping game animals: this was enclosed and therefore distinct from a forest or chase, and (also unlike a forest) had no special laws or officers. A military sense ‘space occupied by artillery, wagons, stores, etc., in an encampment’ (late 17th cent.) is the origin of the verb sense (mid 19th cent.) and of sense (2) (early 20th cent.).
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