PARK


Meaning of PARK in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ local , neighbourhood/neighborhood ( esp. AmE )

▪ city , downtown ( AmE ), municipal , urban

▪ public

▪ country ( BrE )

▪ county ( AmE ), national , state ( AmE )

The mountain has been designated as a national ~.

the national ~s system

▪ beautiful

▪ historic

▪ 25-acre , 45-acre , etc.

▪ dog ( AmE )

▪ memorial , sculpture

▪ waterfront

▪ game , marine , safari ( esp. BrE ), wildlife

▪ amusement , leisure ( BrE ), recreational ( esp. AmE ), theme , water

▪ indoor , outdoor (both AmE )

an indoor ~ for skateboarders

▪ ball (usually ballpark ) , baseball (both AmE )

▪ skate , skateboard

▪ mobile-home ( esp. AmE ), RV ( AmE ), trailer ( esp. AmE )

▪ business , industrial , office ( esp. AmE ), retail ( BrE )

VERB + PARK

▪ go to , visit

They go to the ~ most Sundays.

▪ design , landscape , lay out

a beautifully landscaped ~

▪ build , create , develop

He built ~s and highways in New York.

▪ manage

a ~ managed by the Department of Parks and Recreation

▪ overlook

a cafe overlooking the ~

PARK + NOUN

▪ bench

▪ entrance

▪ boundary

▪ area

▪ service , system ( AmE )

I work as a ranger in the city's ~ system.

▪ ~s department

She works for the ~s department.

▪ employee , manager , official , ranger

The lion was shot dead by a ~ ranger.

▪ visitor

PREPOSITION

▪ at a/the ~

We met at Hyde Park. ( BrE )

▪ in a/the ~

They went for a walk in the ~.

We met in Central Park.

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ carefully

▪ neatly

All the cars were neatly ~ed on the street.

▪ badly

▪ quickly

▪ illegally ( esp. BrE )

Motorists ~ed illegally are fined £50.

Park is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ caravan , ↑ truck

Park is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ bicycle , ↑ bike , ↑ car , ↑ motorcycle , ↑ truck , ↑ van , ↑ vehicle

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .