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| proceeding | |
| 1. n. The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction |  |
| 2. n. An event or happening; something that happens | |
| 3. n. (always in plural) A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society. | |
| 4. n. Progress or movement from one thing to another. | |
| 5. n. A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction | |
| an illegal proceeding | |
| a cautious or a violent proceeding | |
| 6. n. (legal) Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit. | |
| proceed | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on | |
| To proceed on a journey. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another. | |
| To proceed with a story or argument. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To come from (have as the source or origin) | |
| Light proceeds from the sun. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To be transacted; to take place; to occur. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive, of a rule) To be applicable or effective; to be valid. | |
