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How to pronounce par in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms equality, equation, equivalence
Type of position, status
Has types egality, tie, egalite


on a par with the best.
Type Words
Type of score


a par-5 hole.
par for this course is 72.
Type Words
Type of hit, rack up, score, tally

Examples of par

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Creek held a two-stroke lead at the turn after playing the front at 2-under par.
From the news-journalonline.com
Slover is the only player at par or better with a 54-hole total of even-par 216.
From the sacbee.com
It rolled right into the 167-yard par-3 hole for his first official hole in one.
From the omaha.com
Pocknall had just completed 36 holes of the prestigious event in 8-over-par 150.
From the chron.com
In another strange twist Sunday, the largest cheer was for the guy who made par.
From the dailyherald.com
There have been a number of expensive stars who've gotten off to sub-par starts.
From the themercury.com.au
If you can even get round Mani Golf in par, you're obviously far superior to us.
From the hecklerspray.com
Bo Van Pelt battled to a 73 and then said the course was playing to a par of 75.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Haas appeared to be down to his last shot, but holed the par putt to stay alive.
From the courier-journal.com
More examples
  • (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course; "a par-5 hole"; "par for this course is 72"
  • Make a score (on a hole) equal to par
  • Equality: a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"
  • The computer program par is a text formatting utility for unix, written by Adam M. Costello as a replacement for the fmt command.
  • Parchive (a contraction of parity archive volume set) is an open source software project that emerged in 2001 to develop a parity file format, as conceived by Tobias Rieper and Stefan Wehlus. ...
  • Par is a scoring system used mostly in amateur and club golf. It involves scoring (+, 0) based on results at each hole. The objective is to have an end score with more pluses than minuses.
  • D site of albumin promoter (albumin D-box) binding protein, also known as DBP, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the DBP gene.
  • (PARS (point-a-rally system)) Squash is a racquet sport played by two players (or four players for doubles) in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball. Squash is recognised by the IOC and remains in contention for incorporation in a future Olympic program.
  • Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper; Equality of condition or circumstances; The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole; A hole in which a player achieves par; ...