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para
para is a 4-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against, amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox, that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 8 senses
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- 1
A prefix signifying alongside of, beside, beyond, against, amiss; as parable, literally, a placing beside; paradox, that which is contrary to opinion; parachronism.
- 2
A prefix denoting: (a) Likeness, similarity, or connection, or that the substance resembles, but is distinct from, that to the name of which it is prefixed; as paraldehyde, paraconine, etc.; also, an isomeric modification. (b) Specifically: (Organ. Chem.) That two groups or radicals substituted in the benzene nucleus are opposite, or in the respective positions 1 and 4; 2 and 5; or 3 and 6, as paraxylene; paroxybenzoic acid. Cf. Ortho-, and Meta-. Also used adjectively.
- 3noun
A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.
- 4noun
port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin
- 5noun
an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows
- 6noun
a soldier in the paratroops
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- 7noun
100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia
- 8noun
(obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
"the parity of the mother must be considered"
"a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children"
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