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It is greater than the stars - that moving procession of human energy; greater than the palpitating earth and the things growing thereon.
Kate Chopin

Meaning of "procession" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROCESSION

Via Old French from Latin prōcessiō a marching forwards.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PROCESSION

procession  [prəˈsɛʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROCESSION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Procession is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb procession in English.

WHAT DOES PROCESSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

procession

Procession

A procession is an organized body of people walking in a formal or ceremonial manner. A funeral procession, illustrated in a manuscript of the Hours of the Virgin. Fifteenth century. British Museum, Add. MS. 27697.

Definition of procession in the English dictionary

The first definition of procession in the dictionary is the act of proceeding in a regular formation. Other definition of procession is a group of people or things moving forwards in an orderly, regular, or ceremonial manner. Procession is also a hymn, litany, etc, sung in a procession.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PROCESSION

PRESENT

Present
I procession
you procession
he/she/it processions
we procession
you procession
they procession
Present continuous
I am processioning
you are processioning
he/she/it is processioning
we are processioning
you are processioning
they are processioning
Present perfect
I have processioned
you have processioned
he/she/it has processioned
we have processioned
you have processioned
they have processioned
Present perfect continuous
I have been processioning
you have been processioning
he/she/it has been processioning
we have been processioning
you have been processioning
they have been processioning
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I processioned
you processioned
he/she/it processioned
we processioned
you processioned
they processioned
Past continuous
I was processioning
you were processioning
he/she/it was processioning
we were processioning
you were processioning
they were processioning
Past perfect
I had processioned
you had processioned
he/she/it had processioned
we had processioned
you had processioned
they had processioned
Past perfect continuous
I had been processioning
you had been processioning
he/she/it had been processioning
we had been processioning
you had been processioning
they had been processioning
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will procession
you will procession
he/she/it will procession
we will procession
you will procession
they will procession
Future continuous
I will be processioning
you will be processioning
he/she/it will be processioning
we will be processioning
you will be processioning
they will be processioning
Future perfect
I will have processioned
you will have processioned
he/she/it will have processioned
we will have processioned
you will have processioned
they will have processioned
Future perfect continuous
I will have been processioning
you will have been processioning
he/she/it will have been processioning
we will have been processioning
you will have been processioning
they will have been processioning
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would procession
you would procession
he/she/it would procession
we would procession
you would procession
they would procession
Conditional continuous
I would be processioning
you would be processioning
he/she/it would be processioning
we would be processioning
you would be processioning
they would be processioning
Conditional perfect
I would have procession
you would have procession
he/she/it would have procession
we would have procession
you would have procession
they would have procession
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been processioning
you would have been processioning
he/she/it would have been processioning
we would have been processioning
you would have been processioning
they would have been processioning
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you procession
we let´s procession
you procession
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to procession
Past participle
processioned
Present Participle
processioning
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROCESSION


accession
əkˈsɛʃən
cession
ˈsɛʃən
circuminsession
ˌsɜːkəmɪnˈsɛʃən
concession
kənˈsɛʃən
decession
dɪˈsɛʃən
depression
dɪˈprɛʃən
expression
ɪkˈsprɛʃən
impression
ɪmˈprɛʃən
intercession
ˌɪntəˈsɛʃən
obsession
əbˈsɛʃən
postrecession
ˌpəʊstrɪˈsɛʃən
precession
prɪˈsɛʃən
reaccession
ˌriːəkˈsɛʃən
recession
rɪˈsɛʃən
retrocession
ˌrɛtrəʊˈsɛʃən
secession
sɪˈsɛʃən
self-obsession
ˌsɛlfəbˈsɛʃən
session
ˈsɛʃən
succession
səkˈsɛʃən
supersession
ˌsuːpəˈsɛʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROCESSION

process printing
process-server
processability
processable
processed
processed cheese
processed foods
processed peas
processing
processing plant
processing unit
processional
processionalist
processionally
processionaries
processionary
processionary moth
processioner
processor
processual

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROCESSION

admission
aggression
commission
compassion
confession
conversion
discussion
emission
European Commission
mission
passion
percussion
permission
possession
pression
profession
progression
regression
submission
suppression
transmission

Synonyms and antonyms of procession in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PROCESSION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «procession» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of procession

Translation of «procession» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROCESSION

Find out the translation of procession to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of procession from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «procession» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

队列
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

procesión
570 millions of speakers

English

procession
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जुलूस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَوْكِب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

процессия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

procissão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মিছিল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

procession
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perarakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schlange
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

行進
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

행렬
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prosesi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lễ diễu hành
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஊர்வலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मिरवणूक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alay
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

processione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

procesja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

процесія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

procesiune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πομπή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

optog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tåg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prosesjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of procession

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROCESSION»

The term «procession» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.446 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of procession
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «procession».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROCESSION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «procession» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «procession» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about procession

EXAMPLES

9 QUOTES WITH «PROCESSION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word procession.
1
Mary Antin
As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns.
2
Kate Chopin
In the procession I should feel the crushing feet, the clashing discords, the ruthless hands and stifling breath. I could not hear the rhythm of the march.
3
Kate Chopin
It is greater than the stars - that moving procession of human energy; greater than the palpitating earth and the things growing thereon.
4
Sheri L. Dew
I was raised on a farm in Kansas where we lived next door to my Grandma Dew, and I was her shadow. We went everywhere together - to the bank, the doctor, the Early Bird Garden Club, and to an endless procession of Church meetings.
5
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks' vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days.
6
Alexi Giannoulias
I remember when my father passed away, we drove the funeral procession past the bank so he could say one last goodbye. That's how much the bank meant to my father.
7
John Huston
You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see backward through time, and you feel the flow of time, and realize you are only part of a great nameless procession.
8
Erich Maria Remarque
The later it gets the more disturbed the city becomes. I go with Albert through the streets. Men are standing in groups at every corner. Rumours are flying. It is said that the military have already fired on a procession of demonstrating workers.
9
Vernon A. Walters
It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROCESSION»

Discover the use of procession in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to procession and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Procession of the Dead
The first volume in a noirish, gritty urban fantasy for adults from the bestselling Children’s author.
Darren Shan, 2008
2
A Murderous Procession
Tess Garritsen calls this one "my favorite book of the year!
Ariana Franklin, 2010
3
The Procession
This collection of dramatic poems uses the dialogue between age and youth as a platform to discuss deep subjects such as freedom, death, and the eternal soul.
Kahlil Gibran, 2011
4
The Bestiary, or Procession of Orpheus
This short introduction to the work of an essentially modern writer includes four curious poems apparently suppressed from the first edition and reprints of the Raoul Dufy woodcuts published in the 1911 edition.
Guillaume Apollinaire, 2011
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Responses to 101 Questions on the Mass
processions: the entrance of priest and ministers, the procession of gifts to the altar, the procession of the faithful at communion time and the recessional at the end of the liturgy. These processions were also accompanied by music and still are ...
Kevin W. Irwin, 1999
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AN AMERICAN PROCESSION
With each writer, Alfred Kazin illuminates for us the work, the influences that informed it, and its influence on the work of others. Each figure seems revitalized for us by Kazin’s acuity and powerful sympathy for his subject.
Alfred Kazin, 2013
7
The Sultan's Procession: The Swedish Embassy to Sultan ...
This beautifully illustrated book - containing over 150 colour illustrations - comprehensively covers the full history of the paintings, including a technical analysis from the conservation of one of the paintings.
Karin Ådahl, 2006
8
Procession of Shadows (Spanish Literature Series)
In the late ’60s, Julián Ríos began work on what would have been his very first novel, but fearing that it wouldn’t pass the stringent Spanish censorship under Franco, decided not to submit the completed book to publishers.
Julian Rios, 2011
9
The Modern Procession
On the morning of Sunday, June 23, 2002, 100 participants gathered at The Museum of Modern Art in midtown Manhattan, along with a 12-person Peruvian brass band, and a horse, dogs, and numerous palanquins, atop which sat replicas of three ...
Francis Alÿs, 2004
10
With the Procession
When old Mr. Marshall finally took to his bed, the household viewed this action with more surprise than sympathy, and with more impatience than surprise.
Henry Blake Fuller, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROCESSION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term procession is used in the context of the following news items.
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Funeral procession for Navy Petty Officer Randall Smith announced
When the funeral for Navy Petty Officer Randall Smith ends Tuesday afternoon, the city of Chattanooga has announced the procession's route. «Chattanooga Times Free Press, Jul 15»
2
Springfield residents line funeral procession route for Marine Sgt …
Springfield residents line funeral procession route for Marine Sgt. Thomas Sullivan: 'The family needs to know we are here for them'. «MassLive.com, Jul 15»
3
Watch beautiful drone video of funeral procession for Marine killed …
Photographer Ethan Andrews posted a beautiful tribute, with video of the funeral procession taken by a drone, on YouTube. On Tuesday ... «MyFox Memphis, Jul 15»
4
Procession honors retired K-9
Correction officer Jim Knogge, who has had two K- 9s of his own, said the procession of police cars is an emotional way to pay respects and ... «wlfi.com, Jul 15»
5
Procession honors dead firefighter
The flag-draped casket of Fremont Deputy Fire Chief Jim Martin, a Tracy resident, is carried into Fry Memorial Chapel on Monday afternoon ... «The Tracy Press, Jul 15»
6
Public invited to line the streets for 9/11 Memorial procession Tuesday
This is the procession route for the 9/11 Never Forget Exhibit, which is making its way from Elkhart to the fairgrounds in Goshen Tuesday. «Goshen News, Jul 15»
7
Natural Procession: Funeral Advantage announce fall tour in …
A little while back we were excited to pass along new music from Funeral Advantage, the excellent Massachusetts-based dream-pop project ... «Vanyaland, Jul 15»
8
Joe Plummer (Modest Mouse, Shins, etc) & The Black Heart …
Joe Plummer, who you know as drummer for Modest Mouse, The Shins, The Black Heart Procession, Mister Heavenly and Cold War Kids, now ... «Brooklyn Vegan, Jul 15»
9
Hundreds attend funeral procession for Wisconsin Marine killed in …
People stood silent as the funeral procession carrying Sgt. Carson Holmquist's body arrived at the Grantsburg High School. As a dozen ... «Superior Telegram, Jul 15»
10
GySgt. Sullivan funeral procession traffic advisory
In Agawam, Main Street (Route 159) will be closed from the Route 57 offramp to River Road starting at 11:00 A.M. until the procession to the ... «wwlp.com, Jul 15»

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