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# par

«par» in Mova's school dictionary: **the number of strokes a good player is expected to need…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (par, uncountable); idioms (on a par with, up to par, below par, par for the course)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In golf, par is the number of strokes a good player is expected to need for a hole or a whole course. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/par/#m1)

2) «On a par with» means equal to or as good as. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/par/#m2)

3) «Up to par» means as good as it should be; «below par» or «under par» (not golf) means not as good or not as well as usual. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/par/#m3)

4) «Par for the course» means normal or expected, usually for something annoying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/par/#m4)

5) (money) Par is the normal stated value of something like a share. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/par/#m5)

6) In French, par means "by", so a book title such as "Contes des Fees, par Madame d'Aulnoy" means the tales are by Madame d'Aulnoy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/par/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, «I'm feeling a bit below par» means «I'm a bit unwell or tired». In golf and maths, scores are counted against par: 2 under par means 2 strokes fewer. In stories, «par for the course» shows a character used to bad luck. Phrases: «under par», «over par», «on a par with», «up to par».

### examples

- Par for this golf hole is three. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/par/#x1)
- She finished the round two under par. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/par/#x2)
- His homework wasn't up to par this week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/par/#x3)
- I'm feeling below par, so I'll stay home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/par/#x4)
- Rain on sports day is par for the course in Wales. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/par/#x5)
- The new film is on a par with the first one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/par/#x6)
- Our team is now on a par with the best in the league. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/par/#x7)
- [Contes des Fees, par Madame d'Aulnoy.] [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/par/#x8)

### note

Uncountable. In golf maths, a score of 72 on a par-70 course is «2 over par» (72 − 70 = 2); a score of 68 is «2 under par». Careful: in golf «under par» is good, but in everyday talk «below par» is bad.

### In the corpora

- [Vous parlez anglais ? means "Do you speak English?" and sounds like "voo par-LAY ahn-GLAY?"](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «par» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/par/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.