English Explanatory Dictionary

proceed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
To come from; to have as its source or origin.
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.

Pronunciation

/pɹəˈsiːd/ /pɹəˈsid/ /ˈpɹoʊsid/ en-us-proceed.ogg

Word forms

proceed proceeds proceeding proceeded procede

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

progress forthgo carry on continue go on keep on proceed roll on hunker down

Antonyms

regress recede desist end stop

Related words

procedure process procession proceeds

Derived words

proceedable proceeder

Translations

Bulgarian: продължавам Catalan: seguir Chinese: 前进 Dutch: doorgaan Dutch: verdergaan Finnish: edetä Finnish: mennä eteenpäin Finnish: jatkaa French: avancer German: weitergehen Hindi: बढ़ना Hungarian: halad Ingrian: eetä Italian: procedere Japanese: 前進する Latin: prōcēdō Malay: mara Māori: manatu Māori: hoake Māori: nawaki Māori: tukatuka Middle English: proceden Nanai: ди- Portuguese: continuar Portuguese: seguir Portuguese: proceder Romanian: proceda Russian: приступа́ть Russian: приступи́ть Russian: отправля́ться Russian: отпра́виться Russian: продолжа́ть Russian: продо́лжить Scottish Gaelic: lean Spanish: continuar Turkish: ilerlemek Turkish: gitmek Ukrainian: продовжувати Ukrainian: ді́яти

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