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# procession

«procession» in Mova's school dictionary: **A line of people, cars or animals moving slowly forward…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a procession, processions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A line of people, cars or animals moving slowly forward in an orderly way, often as part of a ceremony or celebration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procession/#m1)

2) A long series of things that come one after another: a procession of visitors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procession/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life there are processions at parades, weddings, funerals, festivals and school carnivals. In stories a royal procession passes through town. In maths a procession problem may ask about rows: «a procession of 8 rows with 12 people in each» — multiply. Ants march in a procession. Phrases: «in procession», «a funeral procession», «a torchlight procession», «lead the procession».

### examples

- The carnival procession went down the main street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procession/#x1)
- The children walked in procession into the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procession/#x2)
- A procession of ants carried crumbs away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procession/#x3)
- The king rode at the front of the procession. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procession/#x4)
- There were 9 floats in the procession, with 15 people on each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procession/#x5)
- We watched the lantern procession at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procession/#x6)
- A long procession of cars followed the hearse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procession/#x7)
- A procession of visitors came to see the new baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procession/#x8)
- A great crowd of people followed the procession. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procession/#x9)

### note

Countable: processions. Spelling: pro-CESS-ion (double s). Related verb «proceed» (go forward). A «parade» is similar but usually more festive; a procession can be serious.

### In the corpora

- [Alice stays standing, because what is the use of a procession if everyone lies on their faces?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1/4/)
- [Alice does not lie down, because «what would be the use of a procession» if nobody could see it?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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