I parked further away and walked. I wasn’t about to lose an appointment I waited 3 years for. At the time I think there was construction around the parkade.
The latest developments across CT include a Norwalk housing fight, West Haven pizza plans and the parkade project finally taking shape in Manchester.
(Canada, South Africa) A multilevel parking garage.
"parkade" means: A multilevel parking garage.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"parkade" means: A multilevel parking garage.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“I parked further away and walked. I wasn’t about to lose an appointment I waited 3 years for. At the time I think there was construction around the parkade.”
"parkade" means: A multilevel parking garage.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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I don't remember it being this bad at all when I had prenatal appointments at the IWK in 2023. I couldn't always get a spot in the parkade, but I could always find street parking nearby. I usually had afternoon appoin…
“The latest developments across CT include a Norwalk housing fight, West Haven pizza plans and the parkade project finally taking shape in Manchester.”
“I don't remember it being this bad at all when I had prenatal appointments at the IWK in 2023. I couldn't always get a spot in the parkade, but I could always find street parking nearby. I usually had afternoon appointments but a few of my ultrasounds were in the morning.”
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