proceeding

English

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Pronunciation

\Pro*ceed"ing\

Verb

proceeding

1. Present participle of proceed.

Noun

proceeding (plural proceedings)

1. The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction
2. Progress or movement from one thing to another.
3. A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding.

   The proceedings of the high commission. --Macaulay.

4. Plural, see proceedings.

Synonyms

• procedure
• measure
• step

Translations

law: act of one who proceeds

• Finnish: kanne (fi)

progress or movement

• Finnish: liike (fi)

measure taken in business, transaction

• Finnish: toimenpide (fi)

See also

• transaction.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.