Definitions for proceed
prəˈsid; ˈproʊ sidpro·ceed

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. continue, go on, carry on, proceedverb

   continue talking

   "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

2. proceed, go forward, continueverb

   move ahead; travel onward in time or space

   "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"

3. go, proceed, moveverb

   follow a procedure or take a course

   "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"

4. proceed, goverb

   follow a certain course

   "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"

5. continue, go on, proceed, go along, keepverb

   continue a certain state, condition, or activity

   "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. proceedverb

   To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun.

   to proceed on a journey.

2. proceedverb

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

   To proceed with a story or argument.

3. proceedverb

   To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from.

   Light proceeds from the sun.

4. proceedverb

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

5. proceedverb

   To be transacted; to take place; to occur.

6. proceedverb

   To have application or effect; to operate.

7. proceedverb

   To begin and carry on a legal process.

8. Etymology: From proceder, from procedere, from pro + cedere; see cede.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Proceednoun

   Produce: as, the proceeds of an estate. Clarissa. Not an imitable word, though much used in law writings.

   Etymology: from the verb.

2. To PROCEEDverb

   Etymology: procedo, Lat. proceder, Fr.

   1. To pass from one thing or place to another.

   Adam
   Proceeded thus to ask his heav’nly guest. John Milton.

   Then to the prelude of a war proceeds;
   His horns, yet sore, he tries against a tree. Dryden.

   I shall proceed to more complex ideas. John Locke.

   2. To go forward; to tend to the end designed.

   Temp’rately proceed to what you would
   Thus violently redress. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   These things, when they proceed not, they go backward. Ben Jonson, Catiline.

   3. To come forth from a place or from a sender.

   I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Jo. viii. 42.

   4. To go or march in state.

   He ask’d a clear stage for his muse to proceed in. Anon.

   5. To issue; to arise; to be the effect of; to be produced from.

   A dagger of the mind, a false creation
   Proceeding from the heat oppressed brain. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   From me what proceed
   But all corrupt, both mind and will both deprav’d. John Milton.

   All this proceeded not from any want of knowledge. Dryd.

   6. To prosecute any design.

   He that proceeds upon other principles, in his enquiry into any sciences, posts himself in a party. John Locke.

   Since husbandry is of large extent, the poet singles out such precepts to proceed on, as are capable of ornament. Addis.

   7. To be transacted; to be carried on.

   He will, after his sour fashion tell you,
   What hath proceeded worthy note to-day. William Shakespeare.

   8. To make progress; to advance.

   Violence
   Proceeded, and oppression and sword law
   Through all the plain. John Milton.

   9. To carry on juridical process.

   Proceed by process, lest parties break out,
   And sack great Rome with Romans. William Shakespeare.

   Instead of a ship, to levy upon his county such a sum of money for his majesty’s use, with direction in what manner he should proceed against such as refused. Edward Hyde.

   To judgment he proceeded on th’ accus’d. John Milton.

   10. To transact; to act; to carry on any affair methodically.

   From them I will not hide
   My judgments, how with mankind I proceed;
   As how with peccant angels late they saw. John Milton.

   How severely with themselves proceed,
   The men who write such verse as who can read?
   Their own strict judges, not a word they spare,
   That wants or force, or light, or weight, or care. Alexander Pope.

   11. To take effect; to have its course.

   This rule only proceeds and takes place, when a person cannot of common law condemn another by his sentence. John Ayliffe.

   12. To be propagated; to come by generation.

   From my loins thou shalt proceed. John Milton.

   13. To be produced by the original efficient cause.

   O Adam, one Almighty is, from whom
   All things proceed, and up to him return. John Milton.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Proceedverb

   to move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey

2. Proceedverb

   to pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument

3. Proceedverb

   to issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, light proceeds from the sun

4. Proceedverb

   to go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act by method; to prosecute a design

5. Proceedverb

   to be transacted; to take place; to occur

6. Proceedverb

   to have application or effect; to operate

7. Proceedverb

   to begin and carry on a legal process

8. Proceednoun

   see Proceeds

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Proceed

   prō-sēd′, v.i. to go forward: to advance: to act according to a method: to go from point to point: to issue: to be produced: to prosecute: to take an academic degree: (Shak.) to be transacted, done.—ns. Procē′dure, the act of proceeding or moving forward: a step taken or an act performed: progress: process: conduct; Proceed′er, one who goes forward or makes progress; Proceed′ing, a going forward: progress: step: operation: transaction: (pl.) a record of the transactions of a society: (Shak.) advancement.—n.pl. Pro′ceeds, the money arising from anything: rent: produce.—Special proceeding, a judicial proceeding other than an action, as, for example, a writ of mandamus; Summary proceedings, certain statutory remedies taken without the formal bringing of an action by process and pleading. [Fr. procéder—L. procedĕre—pro, before, cedĕre, cessum, to go.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. proceed

   Moving forward.

   The aircraft control authority give permission for the flight to proceed to the runway.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 5, 2020  

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1. Proceed

   Proceed vs. Precede -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Proceed and Precede.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'proceed' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4380

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'proceed' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3850

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'proceed' in Nouns Frequency: #2910

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'proceed' in Verbs Frequency: #449

Anagrams for proceed »

1. pre-Code

2. precode

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of proceed in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of proceed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of proceed in a Sentence

1. Michael Steinger:

   We believe there was some distraction that caused her to fail to enter timely and failed to just directly proceed on a green light, actually we met with Ms. Williams’ attorneys in the hallway prior to the hearing.

2. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen:

   Given the risks to the outlook, I consider it appropriate for the Committee to proceed cautiously in adjusting policy.

3. Mark Zuckerberg:

   I know many of you think we should have labeled the President's posts in some way last week, in general, I worry that this approach has a risk of leading us to editorialize on content we don't like even if it doesn't violate our policies, so I think we need to proceed very carefully.

4. Scott Allen:

   To some extent I'm still nervous. I think we live in a time where sort of normal decency and normal rules don't seem to apply, and people can be quite vicious, so I'm not cavalier about our situation. ... We try to proceed at each step cautiously while at the same time doing what we have to do.

5. Nancy Pelosi:

   I'm directing our six committees to proceed with their investigations under that umbrella of impeachment inquiry.

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