procession
noun/prəˈseʃn/
/prəˈseʃn/
- [countable, uncountable] a line of people or vehicles that move along slowly, especially as part of a ceremony; the act of moving in this way
- a funeral procession
- a torchlight procession
- The procession made its way down the hill.
- in procession Groups of unemployed people from all over the country marched in procession to the capital.
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc1- The mayor of the town led the procession to the central square.
- They borrowed my truck for the carnival procession.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- grand
- great
- large
- …
- head
- lead
- form
- …
- make its way
- march
- move
- …
- in (a/the) procession
- procession of
- procession through
- …
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- [countable] a number of people who come one after the other
- A procession of waiters appeared bearing trays of food.
- We've had an endless procession of new secretaries through the office since Amy left.
Word Originlate Old English, via Old French from Latin processio(n-), from procedere ‘move forward’, from pro- ‘forward’ + cedere ‘go’.
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