[count] 1 : a public celebration of a special day or event that usually includes many people and groups moving down a street by marching or riding in cars or on special vehicles (called floats)
▪ the annual Thanksgiving Day parade ▪ After the team won the championship, the city threw/had a parade for them. ▪ The town will put on a parade. ▪ The marching band lined up for the homecoming parade. ▪ the parade route 2 : a military ceremony in which soldiers march or stand in lines so that they can be examined by officers or other important people 3 : a long series of people or things that come one after the other — usually singular — usually + of ▪ We had a parade of visitors this morning. [=we had many visitors this morning] ▪ The prosecution called a parade of witnesses to the stand. ▪ We watched a parade of cars go by our house on the way to the stadium for the game. 4 Brit : a street with a row of small shops
▪ a shopping parade