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单词 procession
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procession

noun
/prəˈseʃn/
/prəˈseʃn/
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  1. [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 Examples
    • The mayor of the town led the procession to the central square.
    • They borrowed my truck for the carnival procession.
    Topics Religion and festivalsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • grand
    • great
    • large
    verb + procession
    • head
    • lead
    • form
    procession + verb
    • make its way
    • march
    • move
    preposition
    • in (a/​the) procession
    • procession of
    • procession through
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  2. [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.
  3. Word Originlate Old English, via Old French from Latin processio(n-), from procedere ‘move forward’, from pro- ‘forward’ + cedere ‘go’.
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