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Princeton's WordNet

  1. proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedingsnoun

    (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

  2. minutes, proceedings, transactionsnoun

    a written account of what transpired at a meeting

Wiktionary

  1. proceedingsnoun

    The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law. Blackstone.

  2. proceedingsnoun

    The published record of its action, or of things done at its meetings.

Wikipedia

  1. proceedings

    In academia and librarianship, conference proceedings is a collection of academic papers published in the context of an academic conference or workshop. Conference proceedings typically contain the contributions made by researchers at the conference. They are the written record of the work that is presented to fellow researchers. In many fields, they are published as supplements to academic journals; in some, they are considered the main dissemination route; in others they may be considered grey literature. They are usually distributed in printed or electronic volumes, either before the conference opens or after it has closed. A less common, broader meaning of proceedings are the acts and happenings of an academic field, a learned society. For example, the title of the Acta Crystallographica journals is New Latin for "Proceedings in Crystallography"; the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America is the main journal of that academy. Scientific journals whose ISO 4 title abbreviations start with Proc, Acta, or Trans are journals of the proceedings (transactions) of a field or of an organization concerned with it, in that secondary meaning of the word.

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  1. proceedings

    Proceedings refer to the actions, process, events, or operations that take place within the context of a formal meeting, legal action, or a series of activities. In a legal context, it often describes the entire process of a lawsuit, from the initial filing to the final judgment or decision. Proceedings can also refer to an official record of activities, as in a business meeting, conference, or symposium.

Wikidata

  1. Proceedings

    In academia, proceedings are the collection of academic papers published in the context of an academic conference. They are usually distributed as printed volumes or in electronic form either before the conference opens or after it has closed. Proceedings contain the contributions made by researchers at the conference. They are the written record of the work that is presented to fellow researchers. The collection of papers is organized by one or more persons, who form the editorial team. The quality of the papers is typically ensured by having external people read the papers before they are accepted in the proceedings. This process is called reviewing. Depending on the level of the conference, this process including making revisions can take up to a year. The editors decide about the composition of the proceedings, the order of the papers, and produce the preface and possibly other pieces of text. Although most changes in papers occur on basis of consensus between editors and authors, editors can also single-handedly make changes in papers. Since the collection of papers comes from individual researchers, the character of proceedings is distinctly different from a textbook. Each paper typically is quite isolated from the other papers in the proceedings. Mostly there is no general argument leading from one contribution to the next. In some cases, the set of contributions is so coherent and high-quality, that the editors of the proceedings may decide to further develop the proceedings into a textbook.

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    Rank popularity for the word 'proceedings' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2363

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of proceedings in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of proceedings in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of proceedings in a Sentence

  1. Jeremiah Igunnubole:

    We’re thrilled to celebrate a victory for Rosa today, but it is deeply regrettable that this law-abiding woman was subjected to distressing, drawn-out criminal proceedings in the first place, no doubt due to her pro-life stance, this follows a worrying trend in law enforcement where individuals are routinely arrested simply because their views are considered to be controversial or offensive.

  2. An Italian government source:

    There’s no reason for him to stay in India for the arbitration. We have asked that he be allowed to follow the proceedings from his own country.

  3. Trey Gowdy:

    If you’re interested whether or not the dossier was used in court proceedings, whether or not it was funded by political opponents, you’ll want to see the memo.

  4. Steve Vladeck:

    If it's purely a question of who's louder, the campaign -- with a casual relationship with the truth -- can take advantage of the mechanics of judicial proceedings to spin a narrative of how the proceedings are going, but only for so long.

  5. Sheika Shamsa:

    This case concerns highly personal and private matters relating to our children. The appeal was made to protect the best interests and welfare of the children. The outcome does not protect my children from media attention in the way that other children in family proceedings in the UK are protected, as a head of government, I was not able to participate in the court's fact-finding process. This has resulted in the release of a' fact-finding' judgment which inevitably tells only one side of the story. I ask that the media respect the privacy of our children and do not intrude into their lives in the UK.

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