proceed, go
(verb) follow a certain course; âThe inauguration went wellâ; âhow did your interview go?â
continue, go on, carry on, proceed
(verb) continue talking; ââI know itâs hardâ, he continued, âbut there is no choiceââ; âcarry on--pretend we are not in the roomâ
proceed, go forward, continue
(verb) move ahead; travel onward in time or space; âWe proceeded towards Washingtonâ; âShe continued in the direction of the hillsâ; âWe are moving ahead in time nowâ
go, proceed, move
(verb) follow a procedure or take a course; âWe should go farther in this matterâ; âShe went through a lot of troubleâ; âgo about the world in a certain mannerâ; âMessages must go through diplomatic channelsâ
continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep
(verb) continue a certain state, condition, or activity; âKeep on working!â; âWe continued to work into the nightâ; âKeep smilingâ; âWe went on working until well past midnightâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• 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 cÄdĆ are spelled ending in "cede", so the misspelling "procede" is common.
• progress, forthgo
• regress
• recede
• pre-Code, precode
Source: Wiktionary
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
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; âYour comments may backfire and cause you a lot of troubleâ; âthe political movie backlashed on the Democratsâ
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