Meaning of "park" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PARK

From Old French parc, from Medieval Latin parricus enclosure, from Germanic; compare Old High German pfarrih pen, Old English pearrucpaddock1.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PARK

park  [pɑːk]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARK

Park is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb park in English.

WHAT DOES PARK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Park

A park is an area of open space provided for recreational use. It can be in its natural or semi-natural state, or planted, and is set aside for human enjoyment or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. It may consist of rocks, soil, water, flora and fauna and grass areas, but may also contain buildings and other artifacts such as play grounds. Many natural parks are protected by law.

Definition of park in the English dictionary

The first definition of park in the dictionary is a piece of open land in a town with public amenities. Other definition of park is an area, esp of mountain country, reserved for recreational purposes. Park is also a large area of land forming a private estate.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PARK

PRESENT

Present

I park

you park

he/she/it parks

we park

you park

they park

Present continuous

I am parking

you are parking

he/she/it is parking

we are parking

you are parking

they are parking

Present perfect

I have parked

you have parked

he/she/it has parked

we have parked

you have parked

they have parked

Present perfect continuous

I have been parking

you have been parking

he/she/it has been parking

we have been parking

you have been parking

they have been parking

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I parked

you parked

he/she/it parked

we parked

you parked

they parked

Past continuous

I was parking

you were parking

he/she/it was parking

we were parking

you were parking

they were parking

Past perfect

I had parked

you had parked

he/she/it had parked

we had parked

you had parked

they had parked

Past perfect continuous

I had been parking

you had been parking

he/she/it had been parking

we had been parking

you had been parking

they had been parking

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will park

you will park

he/she/it will park

we will park

you will park

they will park

Future continuous

I will be parking

you will be parking

he/she/it will be parking

we will be parking

you will be parking

they will be parking

Future perfect

I will have parked

you will have parked

he/she/it will have parked

we will have parked

you will have parked

they will have parked

Future perfect continuous

I will have been parking

you will have been parking

he/she/it will have been parking

we will have been parking

you will have been parking

they will have been parking

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would park

you would park

he/she/it would park

we would park

you would park

they would park

Conditional continuous

I would be parking

you would be parking

he/she/it would be parking

we would be parking

you would be parking

they would be parking

Conditional perfect

I would have park

you would have park

he/she/it would have park

we would have park

you would have park

they would have park

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been parking

you would have been parking

he/she/it would have been parking

we would have been parking

you would have been parking

they would have been parking

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you park
we let´s park
you park

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to park

Past participle

parked

Present Participle

parking

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PARK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «park» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of park

deposit · domain · dump · estate · field · forest park · garden · grassland · grounds · leave · parkland · pitch · place · playground · playing field · plonk · position · recreation ground · shove · station · stick · stop · woodland

TRANSLATION OF PARK

Find out the translation of park to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of park from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «park» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 公园
• Translator English - Spanish: parque
• English: park
• Translator English - Hindi: पार्क
• Translator English - Arabic: مُتَنَزَهٌ
• Translator English - Russian: парк
• Translator English - Portuguese: parque
• Translator English - Bengali: পার্ক
• Translator English - French: parc
• Translator English - Malay: Taman
• Translator English - German: Park
• Translator English - Japanese: 公園
• Translator English - Korean: 공원
• Translator English - Javanese: Taman
• Translator English - Vietnamese: công viên
• Translator English - Tamil: பூங்கா
• Translator English - Marathi: पार्क
• Translator English - Turkish: park
• Translator English - Italian: parco
• Translator English - Polish: park
• Translator English - Ukrainian: парк
• Translator English - Romanian: parc
• Translator English - Greek: πάρκο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: park
• Translator English - Swedish: park
• Translator English - Norwegian: park

10 QUOTES WITH «PARK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word park.

1

Yolanda Adams

I didn't grow up in one of those restrictive Christian households where you couldn't do this or that. We were brought up with a great collection of good morals and good values, but we also had fun. We'd go to church on Sunday, but then have ice cream, roller skate or play in the park afterwards.

2

Dan Aykroyd

I grew up on the edge of a national park in Canada - timberwolves, creeks, snow drifts.

3

Nate Berkus

Go outside! I mean, even leaves from a park are beautiful in a clear glass vase. I'd rather see that than fake anything any day.

4

Jolene Blalock

I was a good surfer because we grew up a block from the water, and my father took us to the ocean the way other fathers take their kids to the park.

5

Brooke Burke

Forget all the bars and schmoozing and everybody checking out everybody else. My ideal date would be to park in a dark place, check out the stars, and have a great conversation. When all else fails, you can just make out.

6

Drew Busby

People could see by your actions on the park that you cared about it. If we got beat, I'd fling the Sunday papers in the bin and wouldn't read them.

7

Christo

The only place where people in Manhattan walk for leisure is in the park.

8

Emanuel Cleaver

I have family in Tanzania. I can't even explain the joy of riding through the Tanzania national park and seeing giraffes run across the road and elephants over in a pond and baboons running.

9

Erin Cummings

When I thought about Detroit, I would think big city, very urban - not a lot of places to walk around, not a lot of parks. I sort of pictured Manhattan almost, where, besides Central park, it's all city and big buildings. But now that I'm here, you see people pushing strollers, people hanging out in the park.

10

Paul Dano

Spring and fall in New York are the best seasons here to get out and about. I like the little park in Dumbo between the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridge. I like Prospect park.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARK»

Discover the use of park in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to park and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Eleanor & Park

I’m not kidding, he says. You should be. Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits—smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.

Rainbow Rowell, 2013

The American Amusement Park

A photographic retrospective covers more than 100 years of images from the history of the American amusement park.

Dale Samuelson, Wendy Yegoiants, 2001

The Park and the People: A History of Central Park

delineate the politicians, business people, artists, immigrant laborers, and city dwellers who are the key players in the tale.

Roy Rosenzweig, Elizabeth Blackmar, 1992

Allen Park

Enjoy the city's story, gathered from the files of the Allen Park Historical Museum.

Sharon Broglin, 2007

Sunset Park: A Novel

An independent publisher desperately trying to save his business and his marriage. These are just some of the elements Auster magically weaves together in this immensely moving novel about contemporary America and its ghosts.

Paul Auster, 2010

Park and Recreation Structures

New introductions bring a modern voice to these texts, updating them to become invaluable contemporary resources.

Albert Good, 1999

Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of ...

Presents the story of financier Alfred Lee Loomis and his role in the American victory during World War II, discussing Tuxedo Park, the lavish safe haven he created for some of the world's greatest scientists to meet and share ideas.

Jennet Conant, 2003

79 Park Avenue

Now he faces a choice: set aside his personal feelings for the sake of justice, or fall under Maryann's seductive spell and betray his life's work.The inspiration for the highly rated 1977 miniseries of the same name, "79 Park Avenue" tells ...

Harold Robbins, 2011

Taking South Park Seriously

Collection of scholarly essays on the wildly popular Comedy Central show.

Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, 2008

I Am the Central Park Jogger: A Story of Hope and Possibility

Even today, more than a decade after the attack, the Central Park Jogger is still in the news. As she writes this story, the headlines scream jogger once more. Startling new information about the crime emerges.

Trisha Meili, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term park is used in the context of the following news items.

4-year-old drowns at Liberty County water park

LIBERTY COUNTY - A 4-year-old boy drowned Saturday afternoon at a water park in Liberty County, according to the Liberty County Sheriff's ... «KHOU, Jul 15»

12 people injured in amusement park ride accident at Beech Bend …

Amusement park ride topples over at Beech Bend Park in Bowling Green, sending several children to hospital. | Photo: Madison James. «WKYT, Jul 15»

Eugene residents may have to wait another year for park makeover

Residents and city officials had hoped that Charnel Mulligan Park, at West 17th Avenue and Charnelton Street, would be renovated this ... «The Register-Guard, Jul 15»

Written By Sun-Times Wire Posted: 07/26/2015, 04:15pm

Two men were killed and a woman was hurt in a shooting early Sunday in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood. The three were in a ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»

America's most dangerous water park now has the world's longest …

Unless you grew up in Northern New Jersey in the 1980s, you probably heard about Action Park through the internet. From 1978 to 1996, ... «Geek, Jul 15»

New Milford park celebrates 50th anniversary

Bill Deak, chairman of Harrybrook Park's four-member board of managers who oversee the 48-acre grounds. The park is celebrating its 50th ... «Danbury News Times, Jul 15»

Unity Day draws thousands to Luke Easter Park

The day also presented opportunity for neighbors of Luke Easter Park in Mount Pleasant. An epic parking squeeze brought a stream of grateful ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»

2 killed, 1 injured in East Garfield Park shooting

Police say two people were killed and another was injured after a shooting in the East Garfield Park neighborhood early Sunday morning. «WLS-TV, Jul 15»

Family, friends mourn woman slain in Canby Park

Wilmington – Yellow police tape and orange snow fencing still blocked the playground slide where Jamie Murphy was found dead as family ... «The News Journal, Jul 15»

Ask The Advocate: Did they really rent the entire park?

QUESTION: I'm well aware that the pavilion at the Jefferson Terrace Park is available to rent, but is the entire park? On July 11, a group called ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»