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parker

n. countable
B1 Intermediate US //ˈpɑɹkɝ// park·er

n. a person who leaves their car in a specific place. You use this word to talk about someone who is parking a vehicle.

n. a person who parks a vehicle, or a vehicle that is parked in a specified manner.


SIMPLE

The bad parker took up two spaces.

CONTEXTUAL

City officials noticed that the most frequent parkers in the downtown area were commuters from the suburbs.

COMPLEX

The urban planning committee debated whether to penalize illegal parkers with higher fines or to simply increase the number of available public garages.

Usage

Often used with a preceding adjective to describe the quality of the action, such as 'bad parker' or 'parallel parker'.

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