Definitions for proceedingprəˈsi dɪŋ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pro•ceed•ingprəˈsi dɪŋ(n.)
a particular action, or course or manner of action.
proceedings, a series of activities or events; happenings.
Category: Common Vocabulary
proceedings, a record of the business discussed at a meeting of an academic society or other formal group.
proceedings, legal action, esp. as carried on in a court of law.
Category: Law
the act of a person or thing that proceeds.
Origin of proceeding:
1375–1425
Princeton's WordNet
proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings(noun)
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
Wiktionary
proceeding(Noun)
The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction
proceeding(Noun)
Progress or movement from one thing to another.
proceeding(Noun)
A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding.
The proceedings of the high commission. --Macaulay.
proceeding(Noun)
Plural, see proceedings.
Webster Dictionary
Proceeding(u)
of Proceed
Proceeding(noun)
the act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from one thing to another; a measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding
Proceeding(noun)
the course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law
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