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# cortege

«cortege» in Mova's school dictionary: **a slow procession of people, often for a funeral or a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (cortege, corteges)

### meaning for a pupil

A cortege is a slow procession of people, often for a funeral or a grand occasion, moving in order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cortege/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales of kings and crowds, a grand procession moving through the streets, sometimes ending in confusion.

### examples

- The cortege of the king passed through the city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cortege/#x1)
- A long cortege followed the coffin to the church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cortege/#x2)
- The crowd cheered as the cortege moved past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cortege/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths; it names a group, but gives no count unless the problem says so.

### Trees and pragmatics

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