procession
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 →
2) A long series of things that come one after another: a procession of visitors. tree →
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 →
- The children walked in procession into the hall. tree →
- A procession of ants carried crumbs away. tree →
- The king rode at the front of the procession. tree →
- There were 9 floats in the procession, with 15 people on each. tree →
- We watched the lantern procession at night. tree →
- A long procession of cars followed the hearse. tree →
- A procession of visitors came to see the new baby. tree →
- A great crowd of people followed the procession. tree →
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?
- Alice does not lie down, because «what would be the use of a procession» if nobody could see it?
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «procession» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.