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pars

/pɑːrz/
pars
Plural:pars
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Past Simple:parred
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Past Participle:parred
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Present Participle:parring
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pars Lexical Profile

pars Game Scores & Validity

• noun

1

Plural form of par: the number of strokes a first-class golfer is expected to take to complete a specific hole or an entire golf course.

Example

"She finished the front nine with seven pars and two birdies."

2

Plural form of par: established standards, averages, or normal levels of value or performance.

Example

"The company's quarterly revenues remained well within industry pars."

3

A specific anatomical part, portion, or division of an organ or bone (used chiefly in Latinate medical terms such as pars interarticularis or pars plana).

Example

"The MRI scan revealed a stress fracture in the pars of the fifth lumbar vertebra."

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• verb

1

To play a golf hole or course in the standard number of strokes assigned as par (third-person singular simple present of par).

Example

"If he pars the final hole, he will win the tournament by a single stroke."

• Rhymes for pars

• Nearby Words

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parrotfish
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parsley
parsnip

Word Origin & Etymology

As the inflected form of 'par', it derives from Latin par, meaning 'equal'. In anatomical contexts, it is borrowed directly from Latin pars, meaning 'part' or 'portion'.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Pars. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/pars
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