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parade

noun

1 a St George's Day parade | a military parade:

procession, march, cavalcade, motorcade, carcade, cortège, ceremony, spectacle, display, pageant, concours, file, train, column;

array, review, muster, dress parade, tattoo;

British march-past;

Indian jatha, yatra, rath yatra;

West Indian mas.

2 his daughter made a great parade of doing the housework:

exhibition, show, display, performance, production, spectacle, demonstration;

fuss, bother, to-do, commotion, ado;

informal hoo-ha.

3 she walked along the parade as far as the pier:

promenade, walk, walkway, esplanade, mall;

North American boardwalk;

British, informal prom;

Spanish alameda.

verb

1 the teams will parade through the city with a police escort:

march, process, file, troop, go in columns, pass in formation, promenade.

2 she paraded up and down her office:

strut, swagger, swank, stride, stalk, prance;

North American, informal sashay.

3 he was keen to parade his knowledge:

display, exhibit, make a show of, flaunt, show, show off, demonstrate, draw attention to, air.

choose the right word	parade, strut, swagger
See strut.

parade Oxford Dictionary of English