noun
Meaning 1
plural of proceeding
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
proceedings
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /pɹəˈsiːd.ɪŋz/
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UK: /ˈpɹəʊˌsiːd.ɪŋz/
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noun
Meaning 2
The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The published record of the actions of a society, or of things done at its meetings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: transactions, memoirs
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: proceeding, legal proceeding
Antonyms: none provided
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
noun
Meaning 5
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: minutes, transactions
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: written record, written account
Narrower terms: Congressional Record, Hansard
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 訴訟程序 /诉讼程序 (sùsòng chéngxù) — course of procedure
- Dutch: afloop — course of procedure
- Finnish: menettely — course of procedure
- Finnish: oikeudenkäynti — course of procedure
- German: Verfahren — course of procedure
- Hindi: कार्यविवरण (kāryavivraṇ) — course of procedure
- Hungarian: bírósági eljárás — course of procedure
- Italian: procedure — course of procedure
- Polish: przewód sądowy — course of procedure
- Tagalog: paglilinay — course of procedure
- Thai: กระบวนพิจารณา (grà-buuan-pí-jaa-rá-naa) — course of procedure
- Chinese Mandarin: 論文集 /论文集 (lùnwénjí) — published record
- Dutch: verslag — published record
- Finnish: pöytäkirja — published record
- French: compte-rendu — published record
- Hindi: कार्यविवरण (kāryavivraṇ) — published record
- Hungarian: jegyzőkönyv — published record
- Italian: resoconto — published record
- Polish: sprawozdanie — published record
- Polish: protokół — published record
- Spanish: actas — published record
- Thai: รายงานการประชุม (rai ngan kan prachum) — published record
- Walloon: conte-rindou — published record
Real reading context