/pɑːk/
Translation
A large open place with grass and trees where people walk and play.
Word origin
From Old French parc, meaning an enclosed piece of land.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- parc
Grammar
Examples
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"Park" means an open place with grass and trees.
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"Park" here means the green open place in the town.
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"Parks" is the plural, meaning more than one park.
A park is a large open place in a town or city with grass and trees. People go there to walk, to play games or to sit and rest. Children often play in the park after school.
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(3)Grammar articles
(8)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Advanced articles in English: the zero article, the with names and places, and go to school vs go to the school
Compound nouns in English: car park, coffee cup, and why GREENhouse is not green HOUSE
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Indirect questions in English: Could you tell me where the station is, and the word order that goes with it
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
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