1. (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
   "The court proceeding lasted for several months"; "The complex legal proceeding dragged on for months";
   - legal proceeding, proceedings

1. Move ahead; travel onward in time or space
   "We proceeded towards Washington";
   - go forward, continue, move ahead
    
2. Follow a procedure or take a course
   "The committee proceeded with the investigation";
   - go, move
    
3. Keep talking; follow up
   "please proceed";
   - continue, go on, carry on
    
4. Follow a certain course
   "The inauguration proceeded well";
   - go
    
5. Resume or proceed in a certain state, condition, or activity
   "We proceeded to work into the night";
   - continue, go on, go along, keep

Derived forms: proceedings

Type of: act, come about, due process, due process of law, fall out, go, go on, hap [archaic], happen, locomote, move, occur, pass, pass off, speak, take place, talk, travel

Encyclopedia: Proceeding