proceed
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: From Middle English proceden, from Old French proceder, from Latin prōcēdō (“to go forth, go forward, advance”), from prō (“forth”) + cēdō (“to go”); see cede.
Inflected forms:
form: proceeds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: proceeding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: proceeded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: proceeded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: procede
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: to proceed on a journey
Having completed their task, Fireman Page telephoned from a lineside box to the next signal cabin, briefly reported the incident and said that, as no high explosive had dropped and the track was safe, they proposed proceeding "at caution".
[...] and on the Saturday heavy seas pounded the W.R. on its exposed coastal stretch between Dawlish and Teignmouth, loosening the ballast and forcing trains to proceed with extreme caution.
gloss: To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: to proceed with a story or argument
There the missionaries learned that they were to stay for a longer period, and they were lodged in a shed surrounded by rice fields. This was different from what they had expected, because they had been told in Canton that Father Ts’ai had arranged for a place in Hsiang-t’an. They therefore wished to proceed to Hsiang-t’an, but since that was impossible under the circumstances, they asked Liu Shêng-tuan to be their messenger to Father Liu asking him to come to them.
gloss: To come from; to have as its source or origin.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Light proceeds from the sun.
gloss: To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: He that proceeds upon others Principles in his Enquiry into any Sciences, though he be reſolv’d to examine them and judge of them freely, does yet at leaſt put himſelf on that ſide, and poſt himſelf in a Party which he will not quit ’till he be beaten out; […]
gloss: To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: And he will (after his ſowre faſhion) tell you
What hath proceeded worthy note to day.
gloss: To be applicable or effective; to be valid.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: For it [this rule] only proceeds and takes place, when a Perſon cannot of common Right condemn or bind another by his Sentence; […]
gloss: To begin and carry on a legal process.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: “Gentlemen, shall we proceed?” the judge said.
From the beginning, Judge Fong appeared bored at Levine's coaxing remarks.
gloss: To take an academic degree.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Synonyms: progress
forthgo
carry on
continue
go on
keep on
proceed
roll on
hunker down
Antonyms: regress
recede
desist
end
stop
Related words: procedure
process
procession
proceeds
Derived words: proceedable
proceeder
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: продължавам
roman: prodǎlžavam
lang: Catalan
word: seguir
lang: Chinese
word: 前进
roman: qiánjìn
lang: Dutch
word: doorgaan
lang: Dutch
word: verdergaan
lang: Finnish
word: edetä
lang: Finnish
word: mennä eteenpäin
lang: Finnish
word: jatkaa
lang: French
word: avancer
lang: German
word: weitergehen
lang: Hindi
word: बढ़ना
roman: baṛhnā
lang: Hungarian
word: halad
lang: Ingrian
word: eetä
lang: Italian
word: procedere
lang: Japanese
word: 前進する
roman: zenshin suru
lang: Latin
word: prōcēdō
lang: Malay
word: mara
lang: Māori
word: manatu
lang: Māori
word: hoake
lang: Māori
word: nawaki
lang: Māori
word: tukatuka
lang: Middle English
word: proceden
lang: Nanai
word: ди-
roman: ʒi-
lang: Portuguese
word: continuar
lang: Portuguese
word: seguir
lang: Portuguese
word: proceder
lang: Romanian
word: proceda
lang: Russian
word: приступа́ть
roman: pristupátʹ
lang: Russian
word: приступи́ть
roman: pristupítʹ
lang: Russian
word: отправля́ться
roman: otpravljátʹsja
lang: Russian
word: отпра́виться
roman: otprávitʹsja
lang: Russian
word: продолжа́ть
roman: prodolžátʹ
lang: Russian
word: продо́лжить
roman: prodólžitʹ
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: lean
lang: Spanish
word: continuar
lang: Turkish
word: ilerlemek
lang: Turkish
word: gitmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: продовжувати
roman: prodovžuvaty
lang: Ukrainian
word: ді́яти
roman: díjaty