Paraphernalia
noun
Different items connected to or needed for a particular activity or event.
I began to clean up the party paraphernalia scattered around the room.
Often appears as...
- party paraphernalia
- fishing paraphernalia
noun
Personal belongings, especially a spouse's property that is not part of the main property in a legal context.
Under the law, her paraphernalia includes clothing and jewelry.
Often appears as...
- legal paraphernalia
- wife's paraphernalia
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Formal
Technical
noun
Different items connected to or needed for a particular activity or event.
I began to clean up the party paraphernalia scattered around the room.
Often appears as...
- party paraphernalia
- fishing paraphernalia
noun
Personal belongings, especially a spouse's property that is not part of the main property in a legal context.
Under the law, her paraphernalia includes clothing and jewelry.
Often appears as...
- legal paraphernalia
- wife's paraphernalia
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Activity Specific
Used for items specific to an activity; you wouldn't call random items 'paraphernalia'.
I packed up my skydiving paraphernalia, including the parachute and goggles.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Plural
Usually refers to more than one item, rarely used in singular form.
Make sure all the barbecue paraphernalia are ready for the cookout.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Necessarily Essential
Items are related to the activity but not always essential for its execution.
The festival's paraphernalia included banners and wristbands, in addition to musical instruments.
Pro Tip 1/3Activity Specific
Used for items specific to an activity; you wouldn't call random items 'paraphernalia'.
I packed up my skydiving paraphernalia, including the parachute and goggles.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Plural
Usually refers to more than one item, rarely used in singular form.
Make sure all the barbecue paraphernalia are ready for the cookout.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Necessarily Essential
Items are related to the activity but not always essential for its execution.
The festival's paraphernalia included banners and wristbands, in addition to musical instruments.
Pro Tip 1/3Activity Specific
Used for items specific to an activity; you wouldn't call random items 'paraphernalia'.
I packed up my skydiving paraphernalia, including the parachute and goggles.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Plural
Usually refers to more than one item, rarely used in singular form.
Make sure all the barbecue paraphernalia are ready for the cookout.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Necessarily Essential
Items are related to the activity but not always essential for its execution.
The festival's paraphernalia included banners and wristbands, in addition to musical instruments.
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Adventure on the...
hundreds of pounds of batteries and solar panels tablet computers, cameras, all the paraphernalia of technology we need to share these experiences with the world. To do the science we need to do, to measure impacts in the future to understand exactly the way this wilderness is now before it is disturbed by developments upstream.
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Why city flags may be...
The design of the Chicago flag has complete buy-in with an entire cross-section of the city. It is everywhere; every municipal building flies the flag. Whet There's probably at least one store on every block near where I work that sells some sort of Chicago flag paraphernalia.
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Sir David Attenborough...
they produce for that the feathers all the paraphernalia would be very dramatic and it doesn't take a huge leap of the imagination to put yourself in the position of those birds and be impressed beyond bounds and beyond speech i mean
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Adventure on the...
hundreds of pounds of batteries and solar panels tablet computers, cameras, all the paraphernalia of technology we need to share these experiences with the world. To do the science we need to do, to measure impacts in the future to understand exactly the way this wilderness is now before it is disturbed by developments upstream.
Video examples
Why city flags may be...
The design of the Chicago flag has complete buy-in with an entire cross-section of the city. It is everywhere; every municipal building flies the flag. Whet There's probably at least one store on every block near where I work that sells some sort of Chicago flag paraphernalia.
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Sir David Attenborough...
they produce for that the feathers all the paraphernalia would be very dramatic and it doesn't take a huge leap of the imagination to put yourself in the position of those birds and be impressed beyond bounds and beyond speech i mean
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Marcel Duchamp
French Artist
I never finished the 'Large Glass' because, after working on it for eight years, I probably got interested in something else; also, I was tired. It may be that, subconsciously, I never intended to finish it because the word 'finish' implies an acceptance of traditional methods and all the paraphernalia that accompany them.
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George Stevens
American Director
It's like trying to be a traffic cop and write a poem at the same time. You need an executive head to handle all the vast paraphernalia of moviemaking. You need another, more sensitive head to get the delicate human emotional values you are trying to put on film.
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Jodi Picoult
American Author
On a shelf above my computer are five letters that spell out W-R-I-T-E. Just in case I forget why I'm there. I also have 'Wonder Woman' paraphernalia from when I wrote five issues of the comic, and pictures of my husband and kids.
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Christopher Daniels
When you start to add paraphernalia into a match whether it's a ladder match or a tables match or anything, any of these outside factors, you start to ramp up the intensity and you ramp up the difficulty in these matches.
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Ayushmann Khurrana
Indian Actor
I couldn't be a conventional commercial actor without being a star-kid. That kind of a big film needs a certain mounting, a little paraphernalia around you. And nobody would give me that.
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Stephen Fry
British Comedian
I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely to be accurate in the details, or the paraphernalia and style. It's in the spirit of it.
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Sarah Gadon
Canadian Actress
I'm really into acquiring film paraphernalia - that's my hobby. I love old movie posters, cameras and film reels.
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Robert Owen
Welsh Writer
Courts of law, and all the paraphernalia and folly of law cannot be found in a rational state of society.
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Trevor Dunn
American Musician
Now I am obsessed with collecting Platypus paraphernalia.
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Morena Baccarin
Brazilian Actress
My son's baby paraphernalia always ends up in my bag.
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Marcel Duchamp
French Artist
I never finished the 'Large Glass' because, after working on it for eight years, I probably got interested in something else; also, I was tired. It may be that, subconsciously, I never intended to finish it because the word 'finish' implies an acceptance of traditional methods and all the paraphernalia that accompany them.
Quote examples
George Stevens
American Director
It's like trying to be a traffic cop and write a poem at the same time. You need an executive head to handle all the vast paraphernalia of moviemaking. You need another, more sensitive head to get the delicate human emotional values you are trying to put on film.
Quote examples
Jodi Picoult
American Author
On a shelf above my computer are five letters that spell out W-R-I-T-E. Just in case I forget why I'm there. I also have 'Wonder Woman' paraphernalia from when I wrote five issues of the comic, and pictures of my husband and kids.
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Christopher Daniels
When you start to add paraphernalia into a match whether it's a ladder match or a tables match or anything, any of these outside factors, you start to ramp up the intensity and you ramp up the difficulty in these matches.
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Ayushmann Khurrana
Indian Actor
I couldn't be a conventional commercial actor without being a star-kid. That kind of a big film needs a certain mounting, a little paraphernalia around you. And nobody would give me that.
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Stephen Fry
British Comedian
I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely to be accurate in the details, or the paraphernalia and style. It's in the spirit of it.
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Sarah Gadon
Canadian Actress
I'm really into acquiring film paraphernalia - that's my hobby. I love old movie posters, cameras and film reels.
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Robert Owen
Welsh Writer
Courts of law, and all the paraphernalia and folly of law cannot be found in a rational state of society.
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Trevor Dunn
American Musician
Now I am obsessed with collecting Platypus paraphernalia.
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Morena Baccarin
Brazilian Actress
My son's baby paraphernalia always ends up in my bag.
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