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proceeding | |
1. n. The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction |  |
2. n. An event or happening; something that happens |  |
3. n. (always in plural) A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society. |  |
4. n. Progress or movement from one thing to another. |  |
5. n. A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction |  |
an illegal proceeding |  |
a cautious or a violent proceeding |  |
6. n. (legal) Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit. |  |
proceed | |
1. v. (intransitive) To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on |  |
To proceed on a journey. |  |
2. v. (intransitive) To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another. |  |
To proceed with a story or argument. |  |
3. v. (intransitive) To come from (have as the source or origin) |  |
Light proceeds from the sun. |  |
4. v. (intransitive) To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically |  |
5. v. (intransitive) To be transacted; to take place; to occur. |  |
6. v. (intransitive, of a rule) To be applicable or effective; to be valid. |  |