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noun
The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An event or happening; something that happens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: befalling, incident, affair, episode, event, goings-on, happening, hap, occasion, occurrence, proceeding
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noun
A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: always in plural
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noun
Progress or movement from one thing to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: procedure
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noun
A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: measure, step, transaction
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noun
Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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verb
present participle and gerund of proceed
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: legal proceeding, proceedings
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Broader terms: due process, due process of law
Narrower terms: foreclosure, intervention, procedure, legal action, action, action at law, lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa, adoption, appeal, bankruptcy, receivership, litigation, judicial proceeding, naturalization, naturalisation, trial, review, hearing
History
By surface analysis, proceed + -ing.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
