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proceed | proceedings |

As a verb proceed

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

As a noun proceedings is

plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals.

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

    Related terms

    * procedure * process

    References

    * *

    See also

    * proceeds (noun)

    Anagrams

    * English control verbs

    proceedings

    English

    Usage notes

    The latter UK pronunciation is generally only used for distinguishing this word from (preceding)

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • English plurals
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=June 2 , author= Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Belgium , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Hodgson's approach may not illuminate proceedings in Poland and Ukraine but early evidence suggests they will be tough to break down.}}
  • (legal, pluralonly) The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law. (convert into real quote) Blackstone.
  • The published record of the actions of a society, or of things done at its meetings.