parade
n. countablen. a public celebration where people or vehicles move down a street while others watch. It often includes music, costumes, and large decorations.
n. a public procession, typically held in celebration of a specific holiday or event. Often involves a formal display of people, vehicles, or animals moving along a predetermined route.
The city holds a big parade every year on New Year's Day.
Thousands of people lined the main street to watch the colorful parade pass by during the festival.
The victory parade served as both a communal celebration and a formal display of civic pride, featuring elaborate floats and local marching bands.
From French parade (“an ostentatious display, a military display”), from parer (“to beautify, prepare, take pride in”) + -ade probably under influence from earlier Italian parata (“preparation, a military parade, an ostentatious display”) and Latin magnō parātū (“with great preparation”). Various senses similarly influenced by earlier French and Italian uses. Doublet of pare.
From French parade (“a parry”), from parer (“to parry, to defend oneself”) + -ade, from Italian parata. Doublet of parry.
Commonly used with the verbs 'hold', 'organize', or 'watch'.