PAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does par mean? 

• PAR (noun)
  The noun PAR has 2 senses:

1. (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course

2. a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced

  Familiarity information: PAR used as a noun is rare.

• PAR (verb)
  The verb PAR has 1 sense:

1. make a score (on a hole) equal to par

  Familiarity information: PAR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Context example:

par for this course is 72

Hypernyms ("par" is a kind of...):

score (a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest)

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)

Derivation:

par (make a score (on a hole) equal to par)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

equality; equation; equivalence; par

Context example:

on a par with the best

Hypernyms ("par" is a kind of...):

position; status (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "par"):

egalite; egality (social and political equality)

tie (equality of score in a contest)

• PAR (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a score (on a hole) equal to par

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "par" is one way to...):

hit; rack up; score; tally (gain points in a game)

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

par ((golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course)

 Context examples 

It was on a par with all the rest that Brissenden had condemned in bourgeois society.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

My friend Reldresal, principal secretary for private affairs, is, in my opinion, if I am not partial, the second after the treasurer; the rest of the great officers are much upon a par.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

A thin fenestrated layer of the pars nervosa retinae adjacent to the outer nuclear layer and through which extend the visual rods and cones.

(Outer Limiting Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)

Levels of pituitary hormones are regulated by the hypothalamus, anterior and posterior lobes of the pituitary gland, and by the pars intermedia.

(Pituitary Hormone, NCI Thesaurus)

His paper will always circulate at par.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Inflammation of the pars plana, ciliary body, and adjacent structures.

(Intermediate Uveitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Form of granulomatous uveitis occurring in the region of the pars plana.

(Pars Planitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

About 30 percent larger than Earth, Kepler-90i is so close to its star that its average surface temperature is believed to exceed 800 degrees Fahrenheit, on par with Mercury.

(Artificial Intelligence, NASA Data Used to Discover Eighth Planet Circling Distant Star, NASA)

The pars compacta nerve cells contain melanin and are involved in motor control.

(Pars Compacta, NCI Thesaurus)

Make a concerted effort to keep your health up to par, especially in the days that surround the full moon eclipse of January 10 in Cancer.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)