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What is the difference between proceed and go?

proceed | go |

Go is a antonym of proceed.



As verbs the difference between proceed and go

is that proceed is to move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun while go is to move.

As a proper noun GO is

abbreviation of Gorontalo|lang=en, a province of Indonesia.

As an abbreviation GO is

abbreviation of lang=en|graphene oxide.

As a noun go is

the act of going.

proceed

English

(Webster 1913)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun.
  • to proceed on a journey.
  • To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
  • To proceed with a story or argument.
  • To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from.
  • Light proceeds from the sun.
  • To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act by method; to prosecute a design.
  • * John Locke
  • he that proceeds upon other Principles in his Enquiry
  • To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
  • * Shakespeare
  • He will, after his sour fashion, tell you / What hath proceeded worthy note to-day.
  • To have application or effect; to operate.
  • * Ayliffe
  • This rule only proceeds and takes place when a person can not of common law condemn another by his sentence.
  • To begin and carry on a legal process. (rfex)
  • Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See * Not to be confused with precede. * Many of the other English verbs ultimately derived from Latin are spelled ending in "cede", so the misspelling "procede" is common.

    Synonyms

    * progress

    Antonyms

    * regress * recede

    References

    * *

    See also

    * proceeds (noun)

    go

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , a province of Indonesia.
  • , a state of Brazil.
  • Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • Anagrams

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