Etymology : Middle English proceden, from Middle French proceder, from Latin procedere, from pro- forward + cedere to go; more at PRO-
Pronunciation : prO-sEd, pr&-
Function : intransitive verb
Date : 14th century
1. continue, carry on; advance, progress, move forward. proceed\pro"ceed\ , n. see:
proceeds. [obs.]proceed \pro*ceed"\ , v. i. [imp. & p. p. proceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. proceeding.] [f. procéder. fr. l. procedere, processum, to go before, to proceed; pro forward + cedere to move. see:
cede.].
2. to move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey. if thou proceed in this thy insolence.
3. to pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument.
4. to issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, light proceeds from the sun. i proceeded forth and came from god.
5. it proceeds from policy, not love.
6. 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. he that proceeds upon other principles in his inquiry.
7. to be transacted; to take place; to occur. [obs.] he will, after his sour fashion, tell you what hath proceeded worthy note to-day.
8. to have application or effect; to operate. this rule only proceeds and takes place when a person can not of common law condemn another by his sentence.
9. (law) to begin and carry on a legal process.
10. To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.
11. To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument.
12. To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, light proceeds from the sun.
13. 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.
14. To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
15. To have application or effect; to operate.
16. To begin and carry on a legal process.
17. See Proceeds. follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" 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".
18. pro·ceed proceeds proceeding proceeded The verb form proceeds is pronounced The plural noun in meaning.
19. is pronounced.
20. If you proceed to do something, you do it, often after doing something else first. He proceeded to tell me of my birth.
21. If you proceed with a course of action, you continue with it. The group proceeded with a march they knew would lead to bloodshed The trial has been delayed until November because the defence is not ready to proceed.
22. If an activity, process, or event proceeds, it goes on and does not stop. The ideas were not new. Their development had proceeded steadily since the war.
23. If you proceed in a particular direction, you go in that direction. She climbed the steps and proceeded along the upstairs hallway The freighter was allowed to proceed after satisfying them that it was not breaking sanctions. = continue.
24. The proceeds of an event or activity are the money that has been obtained from it.