proceeding meaning
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US - NounPLproceedingsPREpro-SUF-ing
- The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
- The collection of academic papers published in the context of an academic conference.
- 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.
- A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding.
- Plural, see proceedings.
- The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
- Verb
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The Crown Proceedings Act, 1947. By J. R. Bickford Smith, b.a. (Oxon), of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law
- Still, the proceedings did mark a family first of sorts: Jeb and George W. Bush had not appeared together publicly, or semipublicly, for the campaign until Monday.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Proceedings of the IEEE, Volume 95, Number 8, August 2007, Special issue: T-Ray Imaging, Sensing, & Retection
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The attorneys agreed to stip to a stay of proceedings.
- His resentful attitude only made matters worse during the custody proceedings.
- Did you make a double check and a triple check of the entire minefield before proceeding?
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of proceeding in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "proceeding" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.