proceeding Definition

proceed
verb, intr proceeded, proceeding

1. formal
To make one's way.
Example: I proceeded along the road
Thesaurus: continue, carry on, press on, advance, start, go ahead, set out, progress, move on; Antonym: retreat, stop.
2. To go on with it; to continue after stopping.

Form: proceed with something (often)
3. To set about a task, etc.
4. colloq
To begin.
Example: proceeded to question her

Etymology: 14c: from Latin procedere to advance or proceed.

Phrasal Verb: proceed against someone

To take legal action against them.

Phrasal Verb: proceed from something

To arise from it.
Example: Fear proceeds from ignorance

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proceeding
noun

1. An action; a piece of behaviour.
2. A published record of the business done or papers read at a meeting of a society, etc.

Thesaurus: matters, transactions, affairs, action, events, doings, dealings, measures, process, business, procedure, annals, minutes, moves.
Form: proceedings
3. Legal action.

Example: begin divorce proceedings
Form: proceedings