Procession

//pɹəˈsɛʃən//

Synonyms for "procession" (64 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Noun(2 words)

caravan cavalcade chain column coming after consecution consecutiveness continuation continuity cortege course

Strong matches (19)

cycle descent dress parade emanation extension file flyover following funeral line lineage logical sequence march march past motorcade mule train

Noun(3 words)

emanation forward motion onward motion

Related words (32)

order order of succession pack train pageant parade pomp posteriority postposition process progress progression prolongation promenade queue review rotation run sequence series skimmington

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stream string subjunction succession successiveness suffixation train

Verb(1 words)

process

Noun(4 words)

processional progress progression rise

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

11 entries

accumulation aggregation assemblage collection group action inception motion move movement origin origination

Synonyms

3 entries

emanation process progress

Related terms

10 entries

cade cavalcade cortege flypast march-past motorcade parade procedure proceed process

derived

11 entries

double procession eternal procession funeral procession processional processionary processioner processionism processionist processionize processionwise single procession

etymologically related_to

1 entries

proceed

has context

4 entries

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is a

3 entries

collection group action tangible thing

related to

21 entries

boundary cade cavalcade cortege fly past group happening litany march march past motorcade orderly parade procedure proceed proceeding

Showing 16 of 21 words.

Translations

76 translations across 34 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

πομπή noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
ἐκφορά noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Armenian

2 entries

երթ noun (act of progressing or proceeding)
թափոր noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

izdiham noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
yürüş noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Bulgarian

4 entries

върволица noun (number of things happening in sequence)
напредване noun (act of progressing or proceeding)
процесия noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
шествие noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Catalan

2 entries

processió noun (act of progressing or proceeding)
processó noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

行列 noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
遊行 /游行 noun (act of progressing or proceeding)
遊行 /游行 noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
隊伍 /队伍 noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Czech

1 entries

průvod noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Danish

1 entries

kortege noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Dutch

2 entries

processie noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
stoet noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Esperanto

1 entries

procesio noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Faroese

2 entries

skreytgonga noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
skrúðgonga noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Finnish

1 entries

kulkue noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

French

4 entries

cortège noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
kyrielle noun (number of things happening in sequence)
procession noun (act of progressing or proceeding)
procession noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

German

2 entries

Prozession noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
Umzug noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Greek

4 entries

ακολουθία noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
λιτανεία noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
περιφορά noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
πομπή noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Hindi

1 entries

शोभायात्रा noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Indonesian

4 entries

ambalan noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
arak-arakan noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
deretan noun (number of things happening in sequence)
kelangsungan noun (act of progressing or proceeding)

Irish

1 entries

mórshiúl noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Italian

2 entries

corteo noun (act of progressing or proceeding)
corteo noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Japanese

1 entries

行列 noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Korean

2 entries

항렬 noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
행차 noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Latin

2 entries

exsequia noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
pompa noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Macedonian

1 entries

поворка noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

prosesjon noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

prosesjon noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Polish

3 entries

procesja noun (act of progressing or proceeding)
procesja noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
sekwencja noun (number of things happening in sequence)

Portuguese

4 entries

avanço noun (act of progressing or proceeding)
cortejo noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
procissão noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
sequência noun (number of things happening in sequence)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਜਲੂਸ noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Russian

4 entries

верени́ца noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
после́довательность noun (number of things happening in sequence)
проце́ссия noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
цепь noun (number of things happening in sequence)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

obrada noun (act of progressing or proceeding)
povorka noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
поворка noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Spanish

2 entries

procesión noun (act of progressing or proceeding)
procesión noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Swedish

1 entries

kortege noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Tamil

1 entries

ஊர்வலம் noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Turkish

2 entries

alay noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)
kortej noun (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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In Disneyland, popular characters in various stories march in procession at one o'clock.

Source: tatoeba (39713)

The mayor walked at the head of the procession.

Source: tatoeba (246157)

He craned his neck to see the procession.

Source: tatoeba (296369)

The procession will make its start at the central square.

Source: tatoeba (1210017)

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