Find the word definition

Crossword clues for proceed

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
proceed
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
proceed with caution
▪ You should always proceed with caution in financial matters.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
along
▪ The question is not whether countries should proceed along some abstract preordained development path.
▪ When hundreds of students tried to proceed along them they very speedily became totally blocked.
▪ Like Michel Pastoureau, I believe that the study of colour in Western art must proceed along broadly anthropological lines.
as
▪ Not always, though, did effects shots proceed as smoothly.
▪ Scientists set out to accomplish the next phase, only to find that it did not proceed as smoothly as the first.
▪ In general, observers noted that the economic reforms were not proceeding as quickly as originally envisaged.
▪ However, on June 27 Medvedev announced that the consensus had been for the congress to proceed as scheduled.
▪ Howard justified overruling the recommendation saying it was national policy to proceed as quickly as possible with renewable energy projects.
▪ In a few hours, you will find the pollen dropping and you can proceed as before.
▪ The goal of policy, nevertheless, must be to be able to proceed as if the violence were a separate matter.
▪ To establish the uniqueness of this decomposition we proceed as follows.
before
▪ The Precautionary Principle suggests that we should do more to understand the long-term impacts before proceeding.
▪ The Academy has this quirk about a plebe having to pass orals before proceeding.
Before proceeding with some of the answers, I should place those answers in the framework of my actual intentions.
Before proceeding to the mechanics of the double-entry ac-counting system, we must examine one very important accounting concept.
▪ Hughes told him to check the individuals for signs of life before proceeding to the green shack to negotiate.
directly
▪ Once there, it might go into orbit temporarily then land, or it might proceed directly to the surface.
▪ In this case, one would proceed directly to Step 3 in the accounting cycle and post the general ledger directly.
▪ This will enable the traveller to proceed directly to the plane.
▪ About one third of high school graduates who proceed directly to higher education enter community colleges.
further
▪ There came a point when we had to advise our client that she didn't proceed further.
▪ Without a clear notion of these two relationships, there may be no opportunity to proceed further.
▪ For this reason it is appropriate to take a base-line review of the nature of educational change as a whole before proceeding further.
▪ So before we proceed further it is important that we look at the units and measurement of temperature, pressure and volume.
▪ Inquiry reaches a point of maximum tension, then can not proceed further.
▪ My conclusion makes it unnecessary for me to proceed further upon the natural justice argument.
▪ But, proceeding further, I find Ruether's work to be less than satisfactory because muddled methodologically.
▪ It is also rather embarrassing to stop dead on a hack and be unable to proceed further.
slowly
▪ They proceeded slowly back uphill, with Hyacinth walking taller at each step as she appreciated the glamour of her new condition.
▪ He proceeded slowly, hands clenched in his pockets, eyes scanning labels on the stacked boxes.
▪ They proceeded slowly, one step at a time since the brace on Goebbels' leg made using stairs difficult.
▪ Work, however, proceeded slowly because of the demands of war.
▪ After greeting his father, Robin proceeded slowly round the room greeting friends.
▪ He knew that the investigation into the deaths of the young boys was proceeding slowly but methodically, building up a picture.
then
▪ You set the scene, as it were, for your presentation and then proceed to follow the pattern laid down.
▪ Art and Flo then proceeded to create their own big clan here in Denver.
▪ Mira starts by drawing a genealogical tree and then proceeds to invent stories to account for it.
▪ He then proceeded to stomp on it, in the presence of the emperor.
▪ This results in a ball of cells, which then proceeds to burrow into the wall of the uterus.
▪ Hess then proceeded to describe the ocean floor as if it were a collection of giant conveyor belts.
▪ Join one shoulder of the garment and then proceed with the neckband as above.
▪ Once eye-witness statements have been obtained then proceed to obtain statements relative to systems of inspection, complaints procedures, etc.
■ NOUN
basis
▪ I will proceed on the basis of local training in most items, as you suggest.
case
▪ If the Commission thinks the case admissible and worth proceeding with, it sees if it can achieve a friendly settlement.
▪ In this case, one would proceed directly to Step 3 in the accounting cycle and post the general ledger directly.
▪ Because few such cases proceed to trial it was argued that claims assessors should be able to issue proceedings on behalf of their clients.
▪ Basically, they assure me that the case is ready to proceed.
▪ At the end of the police investigation the suspect must be taken before a prosecutor who decides how the case should proceed.
▪ Louis ruled by a 2 to 1 margin Tuesday that the case should proceed.
▪ Lord Penrose said that the case should proceed to a full hearing of evidence on those points.
▪ Lawyers may also add an additional hourly charge for the actual time at trial, assuming the case does proceed to trial.
caution
▪ It is essential, therefore, that we proceed with great caution when handling toxic and hazardous waste.
▪ Still walking east, the party were aware that they were almost at the front line and had to proceed with caution.
▪ As mentioned earlier in the text, it is important to proceed with caution when acting for joint buyers.
court
▪ If there is a case to answer, the court must proceed with a presumption of guilt.
▪ But Anderson, testifying in the same court proceeding, denied telling Becker that.
▪ Without jurisdiction the court can not proceed at all in any cause.
decision
▪ It should also be stressed that the decision whether or not to proceed with a deal at any stage rests with yourselves.
▪ In spite of these reservations, the decision to proceed with a trial of post-exposure treatment is sound and essential.
▪ The decision as to whether or not to proceed is always made by the originator, thus allowing for his or her growth.
▪ In capital murder trials, the jury makes a life-or-death decision in a separate proceeding after a conviction.
▪ This expresses nothing more than the notion that the decision should proceed from the proofs and arguments advanced by the parties.
▪ Evaluation of short-listed options Realistic evaluation of the options allows a clear decision on whether to proceed or not.
▪ Any facts that might affect the customer's decision whether or not to proceed must be disclosed.
▪ The Reporter makes the initial decisions about whether to proceed any further with a particular case.
development
▪ Earlier developments by geographers which proceeded somewhat independently were located in arid, semi-arid and subtropical areas.
▪ Conceptually, cognitive growth and development proceed in this way at all levels of development.
▪ Second, the contradictions inherent in the demands made on the state were likely to intensify as capitalist development proceeded.
▪ In order for development to proceed, disequilibration must occur.
▪ Should the development proceed, first gas is expected in early 1996.
▪ The measurement development process proceeded from the top down.
▪ At this point it is a coherent description of how and why intellectual development proceeds.
plan
▪ In other respects, however, the implementation of the peace plan was proceeding well, according to the report.
stage
▪ A ritualized fight will often proceed through several stages, like a tournament.
▪ Yet many of these people proceed beyond the dreaming stage.
▪ Not every piece of work a child undertakes needs to proceed through successive stages of drafting.
▪ In presenting my viewpoint, I wish to proceed in six stages.
▪ If the jury had ruled against compensatory damages, the case would not have been able to proceed to the punitive stage.
▪ To analyze the model, we proceed in two stages.
trial
▪ Because few such cases proceed to trial it was argued that claims assessors should be able to issue proceedings on behalf of their clients.
▪ Lawyers may also add an additional hourly charge for the actual time at trial, assuming the case does proceed to trial.
▪ Both judges decided in favour of the child having a possible cause of action so that each action will proceed to trial.
▪ Cameron, not her lawyer, would decide whether to settle or to proceed to trial.
▪ Her decision allows the 1991 suit to proceed to a jury trial.
▪ In spite of these reservations, the decision to proceed with a trial of post-exposure treatment is sound and essential.
way
▪ The way to proceed is to find a nearby oak situated in roughly the same environment as the area selected for planting.
▪ Perhaps the best way to proceed is by a process of elimination.
▪ But some issues, like this one, are so universally difficult that a commission is the only useful way to proceed.
▪ I wonder whether the way to proceed might not be to write our own.
▪ In fact, you could argue that these kinds of efforts are so new that this is the only way to proceed.
▪ It is the only safe way to proceed in the future.
▪ Debate and discourse are the right way to proceed in a democracy.
work
▪ I agree that if the Liberal Democrats came to power, that work would not proceed.
▪ The proposals were relatively brief and only suggestive of how future work might proceed.
▪ He ordered the work to proceed.
▪ This way the work can proceed at your own rate, and without the problems already mentioned.
▪ The group sunk its first exploratory well in late 1987, and work proceeded rapidly.
▪ In any case, work in Hamburg is proceeding apace.
■ VERB
allow
▪ The Committee concluded that, subject to some important amendments and undertakings relating to groundwater, the Bill should be allowed to proceed.
▪ It contained no military material and was allowed to proceed.
▪ Those assembled were unanimous that the King could not be allowed to proceed as he was doing.
▪ Nice did produce some good news: the minimum conditions were at least met to allow enlargement to proceed without hindrance.
▪ Perhaps it is appropriate to safeguard a reasonable percentage of each good cause's allocation to allow such planning to proceed.
▪ The ligation reaction was allowed to proceed about 4 hours at room temperature.
▪ A compromise on objectives may be needed to allow the process to proceed.
▪ Why, after a campaign punctuated by sporadic Khmer Rouge attacks, was the election allowed to proceed relatively peacefully?
decide
▪ Our entrepreneur decided not to proceed.
▪ Later this year Clinton will have to decide whether to proceed with such a system.
▪ The goal of this meeting is to review the information provided by the reviewers and to decide jointly how to proceed.
▪ In trying to unbend curvy lines, there is another way of deciding how to proceed on the ladder of powers.
▪ Thus you will know what your liability is and can decide whether to proceed.
▪ The threat of demolition Even if the Church Commissioners decide to proceed with demolition, all is not yet lost.
▪ Careful analysis of the shareholding structure is therefore required before deciding to proceed with a Court Scheme.
intend
▪ Although I can not give a date, we intend to proceed just as soon as we can resolve the question of the contract.
▪ I intended to proceed just as we had discussed.
▪ As the introduction says how you intend to proceed, you are committing yourself to a particular course.
▪ Do not activate them on a package until it is intended to proceed with the work.
▪ Czechoslovakia, however, intends to proceed with the work in progress at Gabcikovo, south-east of Bratislava.
▪ The Attorney-General then gave notice that he intended to proceed with the charges against the applicant.
▪ We intend to proceed and shall resolve the contract at the earliest possible date.
wish
▪ No doubt there will be would-be adopters who are likely to find the possibility of inclusive adoption threatening and not wish to proceed.
▪ In presenting my viewpoint, I wish to proceed in six stages.
▪ They wished to proceed with demolition and a public inquiry was held.
▪ Catholic civil servants usually had to abandon any practical political project if they wished to proceed through the ranks.
▪ For those pupils wishing to proceed to University, two Exhibitions of £50 each were instituted in 1837.
▪ There are strategic reasons why the governments wish these projects to proceed.
▪ In future, some governing bodies and their LEAs may wish to proceed on a more rational basis.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ According to the newspaper the negotiations are proceeding smoothly.
▪ Contract negotiations are proceeding smoothly.
▪ Work on the new tunnel is proceeding very well.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And he proceeded to do just that, quite convincingly.
▪ Contract drafting and negotiation Contract drafting can generally proceed concurrently with due diligence.
▪ I intended to proceed just as we had discussed.
▪ The abrasive new general brushed aside Stirling's request and proceeded to give him a lecture.
▪ The silicon ingots are highly perfect single crystals and on the atomic scale the cutting has to proceed through breaking bonds.
▪ They are anxious to proceed with the program and reap the economic payoffs it promises on both sides of the border.
▪ Unfortunately, they allowed his notice to expire without further action and proceeded to recruit new employees.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Proceed

Proceed \Pro*ceed"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Proceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Proceeding.] [F. proc['e]der. fr. L. procedere, processum, to go before, to proceed; pro forward + cedere to move. See Cede.]

  1. 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.
    --Shak.

  2. To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument.

  3. 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.
    --John viii. 42.

    It proceeds from policy, not love.
    --Shak.

  4. 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.
    --Locke.

  5. To be transacted; to take place; to occur. [Obs.]

    He will, after his sour fashion, tell you What hath proceeded worthy note to-day.
    --Shak.

  6. 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.
    --Ayliffe.

  7. (Law) To begin and carry on a legal process.

    Syn: To advance; go on; continue; progress; issue; arise; emanate.

Proceed

Proceed \Pro"ceed\, n. See Proceeds. [Obs.]
--Howell.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
proceed

late 14c., "to go on," also "to emanate from, result from," from Old French proceder (13c., Modern French procéder) and directly from Latin procedere (past participle processus) "go before, go forward, advance, make progress; come forward," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + cedere "to go" (see cede). Related: Proceeded; proceeding.

Wiktionary
proceed

vb. 1 To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun. 2 To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another. 3 To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from. 4 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. 5 To be transacted; to take place; to occur. 6 To have application or effect; to operate. 7 To begin and carry on a legal process. (rfex)

WordNet
proceed
  1. v. continue with one's activities; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room" [syn: continue, go on, carry on]

  2. 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" [syn: go forward, continue]

  3. follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels" [syn: go, move]

  4. follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" [syn: go]

  5. continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight" [syn: continue, go on, go along, keep] [ant: discontinue]

Wikipedia

Usage examples of "proceed".

We shall, then, proceed at once to discuss their proper accommodation, in the cheapest and most familiar method with which we are acquainted.

She said yes, and instead of repulsing my caresses she proceeded to accompany my actions with the recital of erotic verses.

Instead of accounting for this, we shall proceed in our usual manner to exemplify it in the conduct of the lad above mentioned, who submitted to the persuasions of Mr.

Tarquin, thinking it advisable to pursue the enemy closely while in this consternation, after sending the booty and the prisoners to Rome, piling up and burning the spoils which he had vowed to Vulcan, proceeds to lead his army onward into the Sabine territory.

May Sir George Grey proposed and carried a resolution which virtually rescinded that of Sir Eardley Wilmot, by declaring that, in the opinion of the house, it was not advisable to adopt any proceeding for the purpose of giving effect to the resolution of the 26th of that month.

They proceeded as far as Cape Magala, and decided that the chief outlet of the lake must be an affluent of the Lualaba, a conclusion that was subsequently confirmed by Cameron.

All the incident does is stress that the sooner he proceeds with the annulment and returns to Italy, the better it will be for you.

I dissent not to condone the intrusion of humankind into this ecosystem, but to protest a proceeding which will attempt on the basis of quantitative anthropocentric standards to determine the relative value of a lifeform against the desire of humankind to possess what this world has held until now unique within the rules established by its own genetic heritage.

Harte fervently and proceeded without any more ado to create havoc amongst the antirrhinums planted thickly in the bed along the wall of the house.

But as soon as they were united at Anagni and Fundi, in a place of security, they cast aside the mask, accused their own falsehood and hypocrisy, excommunicated the apostate and antichrist of Rome, and proceeded to a new election of Robert of Geneva, Clement the Seventh, whom they announced to the nations as the true and rightful vicar of Christ.

And although he may give his answer at once, and at once proceed to issue his apostils if he is very expert and experienced, yet it is better to act with caution, and fix a term of ten or twenty or twenty-five days, reserving to himself the right to prorogue the hearing of the appeal up to the legal limit of time.

Judge must here take note that, as soon as he has given these fitting apostils to the appellant, he at once ceases to be the Judge in that cause from which the appeal was made, and can proceed no further in it, unless it be referred back to him by our Most Holy Lord the Pope.

And even if, after the appeal has been admitted, and the affirmative apostils have been given, the appellant is accused and denounced to the Judge in respect of other heresies which were not in question in the case from which he appealed, he does not cease to be the Judge, and can proceed with the inquiry and the examination of witnesses as before.

Uncle Sam was called to fight for humanity, and only an approximation of the condition can be made, for about two-thirds of the National Guard had been taken into the regular service incident to the trouble with Mexico, when the Guardsmen were summoned to the border to protect the country, and recruiting was proceeding in all branches of the service to bring all the regiments up to a war footing.

Major Domo and the Imperial family, the Archon proceeded slowly through the crowd toward three ornate thrones set against the far wall.