proceed
/pɹəˈsid/ verb B1- 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· Work is proceeding at a steady gait.
- 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.
- To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
- To be applicable or effective; to be valid.
- To begin and carry on a legal process.
- To take an academic degree.
He/she/it proceeds · Past proceeded · Past participle proceeded · -ing form proceeding
Verb forms
- Base form
- proceed
- He/she/it
- proceeds
- Past
- proceeded
- Past participle
- proceeded
- -ing form
- proceeding
From the library
Gardiner, highly amused by the kind of family prejudice, to which he attributed her excessive commendation of her master, soon led again to the subject; and she dwelt with energy on his many merits, as they proceeded together up the great staircase.
They had not proceeded far when they met a Lion.
So saying, the worthy shipowner quitted the two allies, and proceeded in the direction of the Palais de Justice.
The quarrel proceeded from words to blows, and while the men fought, the Ass galloped off.
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