• Proceeding

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    proceeding
    1. Present participle of proceed

    Full definition of proceeding

    Noun

    proceeding

    (plural proceedings)
    1. The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction
    2. The collection of academic papers published in the context of an academic conference
    3. Progress or movement from one thing to another.
      • 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 2, I had occasion … to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return … I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, …, and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.
    4. (measure taken in business, transaction)A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding.
      • MacaulayThe proceedings of the high commission.
    5. Plural, see proceedings.
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