along side- 1. a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, most often attached to verbs and verbal derivatives, with the meanings “at or to one side of, beside, side by side” (parabola; paragraph; parallel; paralysis), “beyond, past, by” (paradox; paragogue); by extension from these senses, this prefix came to designate objects or activities auxiliary to or derivative of that denoted by the base word (parody; paronomasia), and hence abnormal or defective (paranoia), a sense now common in modern scientific coinages (parageusia; paralexia). As an English prefix, para- 1 may have any of these senses; it is also productive in the naming of occupational roles considered ancillary or subsidiary to roles requiring more training, or of a higher status, on such models as paramedical and paraprofessional: paralegal; paralibrarian; parapolice.
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In Portuguese and Spanish, 'para' means 'for'.
along side- 1. a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, most often attached to verbs and verbal derivatives, with the meanings “at or to one side of, beside, side by side” (parabola; paragraph; parallel; paralysis), “beyond, past, by” (paradox; paragogue); by extension from these senses, this prefix came to designate objects or activities auxiliary to or derivative of that denoted by the base word (parody; paronomasia), and hence abnormal or defective (paranoia), a sense now common in modern scientific coinages (parageusia; paralexia). As an English prefix, para- 1 may have any of these senses; it is also productive in the naming of occupational roles considered ancillary or subsidiary to roles requiring more training, or of a higher status, on such models as paramedical and paraprofessional: paralegal; paralibrarian; parapolice.
sometimes, PARA is a prefix, like paraplegic. para-Olympics. or paragraph.
but you often see "para" just referring to or abbreviating "paragraph."
sometimes, in mark up language on a written paper, para means "start a new paragraph here."
para is a prefix. It doens't have a "definition"
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Prefix : http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/para-
Word : http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/para
Hello,
Im Spanish it means for or in order to.
Cheers,
Michael Kelly
It means "for" in Spanish. I think it might also mean "stop" in Spanish.
stop ... spanish right? but if you are referring to a person is parate like hey parate ... hey stop
parate can work for male or female
what language?
in english, it's a prefix.