proceed
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proceed
- /pɹəˈsiːd/ UK
- /pɹəˈsid/ US
- /ˈpɹoʊsid/ US
Sounds like precede · Rhymes with -iːd
Where it comes from
From Middle English proceden, from Old French proceder, from Latin prōcēdō (“to go forth, go forward, advance”), from prō (“forth”) + cēdō (“to go”); see cede.
verb proceeds · proceeding · proceeded · procede
- To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on. to proceed on a journey
- To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another. to proceed with a story or argument
- To come from; to have as its source or origin. Light proceeds from the sun.
- To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically. He that proceeds upon others Principles in his Enquiry into any Sciences, though he be reſolv’d to examine them and judge of them freely, does yet at leaſt put himſelf on that ſide, and poſt himſelf in a Party which he will not quit ’till he be beaten out; […]
- To be transacted; to take place; to occur. And he will (after his ſowre faſhion) tell you What hath proceeded worthy note to day.
- To be applicable or effective; to be valid. For it [this rule] only proceeds and takes place, when a Perſon cannot of common Right condemn or bind another by his Sentence; […]
- To begin and carry on a legal process. “Gentlemen, shall we proceed?” the judge said. From the beginning, Judge Fong appeared bored at Levine's coaxing remarks.
- To take an academic degree.
Similar: progress, forthgo, carry on, continue, go on, keep on, proceed, roll on, hunker down · Opposite: regress, recede, desist, end, stop
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: continue, carry on, move, go on, keep, keep on, go along, go, go forward, advance, commence, progress, begin, start, further, come
Translations
Every language
verb go ahead
| Español | continuar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 前進する zenshin suru |
| हिन्दी | बढ़ना baṛhnā |
| Português | continuar, seguir, proceder |
| Français | avancer |
| Deutsch | weitergehen |
| Italiano | procedere |
| Română | proceda |
| Русский | приступа́ть pristupátʹ, приступи́ть pristupítʹ, отправля́ться otpravljátʹsja, отпра́виться otprávitʹsja, продолжа́ть prodolžátʹ, продо́лжить prodólžitʹ |
verb pass from one point to another
| Español | proceder |
|---|---|
| Português | prosseguir |
| Русский | продвига́ться prodvigátʹsja, продви́нуться prodvínutʹsja |
| العربية | اِنْطَلَقَ from |
verb come forth as a source or origin
| Español | proceder |
|---|---|
| Português | proceder de |
| Français | procéder |
| Русский | исходи́ть isxodítʹ, изойти́ izojtí, происходи́ть proisxodítʹ, произойти́ proizojtí |
| العربية | اِنْبَثَق inbaṯaq |
verb in a progress of doing something
| Deutsch | fortfahren |
|---|
verb take place
| Português | suceder |
|---|---|
| Русский | состоя́ться sostojátʹsja, происходи́ть proisxodítʹ, произойти́ proizojtí |
verb begin and carry on a legal process
| Español | proceder |
|---|
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@misc{proceed_2026,
title = {proceed},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/proceed},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
