Dictionary Entry
proceed
proceed is a 7-letter English word with 13 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.
- 2intransitive verb
To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument.
- 3intransitive verb
To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, light proceeds from the sun.
- 4intransitive verb
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.
- 5intransitive verb
To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
- 6intransitive verb
To have application or effect; to operate.
- 7intransitive verb
To begin and carry on a legal process.
- 8noun
See Proceeds.
- 9verb
follow a certain course
"The inauguration went well"
"how did your interview go?"
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- 10verb
continue talking he continued, "but there is no choice"
"I know it's hard,"
"carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
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- 11verb
move ahead; travel onward in time or space
"We proceeded towards Washington"
"She continued in the direction of the hills"
Synonyms
- 12verb
follow a procedure or take a course
"We should go farther in this matter"
"She went through a lot of trouble"
- 13verb
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
"Keep on working!"
"We continued to work into the night"
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