Following and Procession

Following

Following noun - A body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person.

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Procession and following are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Procession" instead a noun "Following".

Nearby Words: follow, follower, followed

Procession noun - A body of individuals moving along in an orderly and often ceremonial way.

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Following and procession are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Following" instead a noun "Procession".

entire	entire following	entire procession
massive	massive following	massive procession
large	large following	large procession
big	big following	big procession
Other adjectives: great, huge, larger.

A man walking down the street sees a funeral procession walking by with what seems to be half the town following it.

Source: Obnoxious In-Laws
The one opening the movie following Bond's movements from the Day of the Dead procession as he stalks Sciarra, into the elevator of the hotel, into the room that he's sharing with the Bond Girl du jour, then out onto the rooftop.

Source: The Oner
The Oner: There are two notable long shots: the one opening the movie following Bond's movements from the Day of the Dead procession up to the rooftop (although this is in fact several shots cleverly edited together), and Lucia Sciarra entering her apartment and walking to her outdoors fountain.

Source: Film / Spectre

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