Noun

(en noun)

The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction

The collection of academic papers published in the context of an academic conference

Progress or movement from one thing to another.

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A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding.

* (Macaulay)

The proceedings of the high commission.

Plural'', see ''proceedings .

Noun

(theses)

A statement supported by arguments.

A written essay, especially one submitted for a university degree.

* Goldsmith

I told them of the grave, becoming, and sublime deportment they should assume upon this mystical occasion, and read them two homilies and a thesis of my own composing, to prepare them.

(logic) An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.

(music) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; the opposite of arsis.

(poetry) The depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word.

(poetry) The part of the metrical foot upon which such a depression falls.