Dictionary Definition
proceed
Verb
1 continue with one's activities; "I know it's
hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend
we are not in the room" [syn: continue, go on, carry on]
2 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" [syn: go forward,
continue]
3 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" [syn: go, move]
4 follow a certain course; "The inauguration went
well"; "how did your interview go?" [syn: go]
5 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" [syn: continue, go on, go along,
keep] [ant: discontinue]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
- From procēdō.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːd
Verb
- To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.
- To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument.
- To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, 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 by method; to prosecute a design.
- To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
- To have application or effect; to operate.
- To begin and carry on a legal process.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Translations
go forward
pass from one point to another
- Dutch: doorgaan, verdergaan
- Finnish: edetä
come forth as a source or origin
- Dutch: voortkomen, afkomstig zijn van
go on in an orderly or regulated manner
- Dutch: doorgaan, verdergaan
- French: procéder
take place
- Dutch: doorgaan
have application or effect
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accept,
accrue from, act, act on,
act upon, advance,
arise, arise from,
assume, attack, attempt, be contingent on, be
due to, bear a hand, behave, box office, buckle to,
bud from, carry on, come along, come from, come on, come out of,
continue, cover ground,
depend on, derive from, descend from, do, do something, do something about,
elapse, emanate, emanate from, embark
in, embark upon, emerge from, endeavor, endure, engage in, ensue from,
enter on, enter upon, expire, fall into, fall to,
fare, flit, flow, flow from, flow on, fly, follow from, forge ahead,
function, gain, gain ground, gate, gather head, gather way,
germinate from, get ahead, get along, get on, get under way, get
with it, glide, go, go about, go ahead, go along, go
at, go by, go fast, go forward, go in for, go into, go on, go on
with, go upon, grow from, grow out of, hang on, have at, head, hie, hinge on, income, issue, issue forth, issue from,
journey, lapse, last, launch forth, launch into,
lay about, lift a finger, make, make good time, make head
against, make headway, make progress, make progress against, make
strides, make up leeway, maneuver, march, misbehave, move, move along, move forward,
move into, operate,
originate, originate
in, pass, pass along, pass
by, pass on, pitch into, play, plunge into, practice, press on, proceed
from, proceed to, proceed with, proceeds, process, profits, progress, push on, receipts, renew, repair, resume, returns, rise, roll, roll on, run, run its course, run on, run
out, serve, set about, set
at, set forward, set going, set to, slide, slip, spring from, sprout from,
start, stem, stem from, step forward,
strike a blow, tackle,
take, take a hand, take
action, take measures, take on, take steps, take up, travel, turn on, turn to,
undertake, venture
upon, wend, work, yield