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Proceeding
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- 1 The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
- 2 (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked wordnet
- 3 An event or happening; something that happens.
"He had often painted himself at a mirror, a tortuous and fascinating proceeding, as every artist knows, and had been forced to admire the way in which he was made."
- 4 A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.
- 5 Progress or movement from one thing to another.
"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."
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- 6 A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction.
"an illegal proceeding"
- 7 Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.
"December 7 2016, Kelly Phillips Erb writing in Forbes, House Says No To Renewed Efforts To Impeach IRS Commissioner Since impeachment is a legal proceeding, while anyone can make a motion to start the process, the Judiciary Committee determines whether there are sufficient grounds for impeachment."
- 1 present participle and gerund of proceed form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
By surface analysis, proceed + -ing.
By surface analysis, proceed + -ing.
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