PROCEED

proceed, go

(verb) follow a certain course; “The inauguration went well”; “how did your interview go?”

continue, go on, carry on, proceed

(verb) continue talking; “‘I know it’s hard’, he continued, ‘but there is no choice’”; “carry on--pretend we are not in the room”

proceed, go forward, continue

(verb) move ahead; travel onward in time or space; “We proceeded towards Washington”; “She continued in the direction of the hills”; “We are moving ahead in time now”

go, proceed, move

(verb) follow a procedure or take a course; “We should go farther in this matter”; “She went through a lot of trouble”; “go about the world in a certain manner”; “Messages must go through diplomatic channels”

continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep

(verb) continue a certain state, condition, or activity; “Keep on working!”; “We continued to work into the night”; “Keep smiling”; “We went on working until well past midnight”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

proceed (third-person singular simple present proceeds, present participle proceeding, simple past and past participle proceeded)

(intransitive) To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on

(intransitive) To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.

(intransitive) To come from; to have as its source or origin.

(intransitive) To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically

(intransitive) To be transacted; to take place; to occur.

(intransitive, of a rule) To be applicable or effective; to be valid.

(legal, intransitive) To begin and carry on a legal process.

(intransitive) To take an academic degree.

Usage notes

• When used as a catenative verb, proceed takes the to infinitive (i.e. one says proceed to swing, not proceed swing). See English catenative verbs.

• Not to be confused with precede.

• Many of the other English verbs ultimately derived from Latin cēdō are spelled ending in "cede", so the misspelling "procede" is common.

Synonyms

• progress, forthgo

Antonyms

• regress

• recede

Anagrams

• pre-Code, precode

Source: Wiktionary

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Pro*ceed" v. i. [imp. & p. p. Proceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Proceeding.] Etym: [F. procéder. fr. L. procedere, processum, to go before, to proceed; pro forward + cedere to move. See Cede.]

1. To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey. If thou proceed in this thy insolence. Shak.

2. To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument.

3. To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, light proceeds from the sun. I proceeded forth and came from God. John viii. 42. It proceeds from policy, not love. Shak.

4. 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. He that proceeds upon other principles in his inquiry. Locke.

5. To be transacted; to take place; to occur. [Obs.] He will, after his sour fashion, tell you What hath proceeded worthy note to-day. Shak.

6. To have application or effect; to operate. This rule only proceeds and takes place when a person can not of common law condemn another by his sentence. Ayliffe.

7. (Law)

Definition: To begin and carry on a legal process.

Syn.

– To advance; go on; continue; progress; issue; arise; emanate.

Pro"ceed n.

Definition: See Proceeds. [Obs.] Howell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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