proceed

 
Pronunciation: /prəˈsiːd/

verb

[no object]
  • 1begin a course of action: the consortium could proceed with the plan
  • [with infinitive] do something after something else: opposite the front door was a staircase which I proceeded to climb
  • (of an action) carry on or continue: my studies are proceeding well
  • Law start a lawsuit against someone: he may still be able to proceed against the contractor under negligence rules
  • 2 [no object, with adverbial of direction] move forward: from the High Street, proceed over Magdalen Bridge
  • British dated advance to a higher rank, status, or education: he did not proceed to university in his seventeenth year
  • 3originate from: his claim that all power proceeded from God

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French proceder, from Latin procedere, from pro- 'forward' + cedere 'go'

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