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procession
English
Etymology
From Middle English processioun, borrowed from Old French pourciession, from Latin pr?cessi? (“a marching forward, an advance, in Late Latin a religious procession”), from pr?c?dere, past participle pr?cessus (“to move forward, advance, proceed”); see proceed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???s???n/
- Hyphenation: pro?ces?sion
Noun
procession (plural processions)
- The act of progressing or proceeding.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Pearson to this entry?)
- A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.
- 1914, Westways (volume 6, page 7)
- The final fifty miles of the race was a procession with little change in the relative positions of the cars […]
- 1914, Westways (volume 6, page 7)
- A number of things happening in sequence (in space or in time).
- (ecclesiastical, obsolete, in the plural) Litanies said in procession and not kneeling.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shipley to this entry?)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- -cade
- cavalcade
- cortege
- flypast
- march-past
- motorcade
- parade
Verb
procession (third-person singular simple present processions, present participle processioning, simple past and past participle processioned)
- (intransitive) To take part in a procession.
- (transitive, dated) To honour with a procession.
- (transitive, law, US, North Carolina and Tennessee) To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of (lands).
- 1856, Alexander Mansfield Burrill, "PROCESSIONING", in A Law Dictionary and Glossary
- To procession the lands of such persons as desire it.
- 1856, Alexander Mansfield Burrill, "PROCESSIONING", in A Law Dictionary and Glossary
Synonyms
- process
Further reading
- procession in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- procession in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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formation
English
Etymology
From Middle English formacioun, formation, borrowed from Old French formacion, from Latin f?rm?ti?, from f?rm? (“form”, verb); see form as verb.Morphologically form +? -ation
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
- (US) IPA(key): /f??.?me?.??n/
- (UK) IPA(key): /f?(?).?me?.??n/
- Hyphenation: for?ma?tion
Noun
formation (countable and uncountable, plural formations)
- The act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Some cloud formation was confirmed and rainfall was observed over some islands.
- Some cloud formation was confirmed and rainfall was observed over some islands.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Something possessing structure or form. [from 17th c.]
- The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. [from 18th c.]
- (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc. [from 18th c.]
- (geology) A layer of rock of common origin. [from 19th c.]
- (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
- (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
- The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
- (category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.
Related terms
- form
Translations
Further reading
- “form?ci?un, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Formation”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IV (F–G), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 464, column 1.
- formation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- formation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Old French formacion, borrowed from Latin f?rm?ti?, f?rm?ti?nem. Cf. also the archaic formaison.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??.ma.sj??/
Noun
formation f (plural formations)
- formation, forming, development
- education; training
- (military) formation
Derived terms
- autoformation
Related terms
- forme
Further reading
- “formation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin formatio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?rma??u?n/
Noun
formation c
- formation
Declension
References
- formation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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