proceed

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To move, pass, or go forward or onward

   To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.

   • 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.
2. 2

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

   • to proceed with a story or argument
3. 3

   To come from

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

   • Light proceeds from the sun.
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   1. 4

      To go on in an orderly or regulated manner

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

   2. 5

      To be transacted

      To be transacted; to take place; to occur.

      • And he will (after his ſowre faſhion) tell you What hath proceeded worthy note to day.
   3. 6

      To be applicable or effective

      To be applicable or effective; to be valid.

      • For it [this rule] only proceeds and takes place, when a Perſon cannot of common Right condemn or bind another by his Sentence; […]
   4. 7

      To begin and carry on a legal process.

      • “Gentlemen, shall we proceed?” the judge said. From the beginning, Judge Fong appeared bored at Levine's coaxing remarks.
   5. 8

      To take an academic degree.

The neighborhood

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• synonymforthgo
• synonymcarry on
• synonymcontinue
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• synonymkeep on
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• synonymroll on
• synonymhunker down
• antonymregress
• antonymrecede
• antonymdesist
• antonymend
• antonymstop
• neighborprocedure
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