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Proceed   /prəsˈid/  /proʊsˈid/  /pərsˈid/   Listen
Proceed

verb
(past & past part. proceeded; pres. part. proceeding)
1.
Continue talking.  Synonyms: carry on, continue, go on.  "But there is no choice" , "Carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
2.
Move ahead; travel onward in time or space.  Synonyms: continue, go forward.  "She continued in the direction of the hills" , "We are moving ahead in time now"
3.
Follow a procedure or take a course.  Synonyms: go, move.  "She went through a lot of trouble" , "Go about the world in a certain manner" , "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
4.
Follow a certain course.  Synonym: go.  "How did your interview go?"
5.
Continue a certain state, condition, or activity.  Synonyms: continue, go along, go on, keep.  "We continued to work into the night" , "Keep smiling" , "We went on working until well past midnight"  Antonym: discontinue.



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"Proceed" Quotes from Famous Books



... with ice, without anybody to help them, or give them victuals; I should think they must all have died." "That you will soon see," said Mr Barlow, "when you have read the rest of the story; but tell me one thing, Tommy, before you proceed. These four men were poor sailors, who had always been accustomed to danger and hardships, and to work for their living; do you think it would have been better for them to have been bred up gentlemen, that is, to do nothing, but to have other people wait upon them in everything?" "Why, to ...
— The History of Sandford and Merton • Thomas Day

... Spanish settlements; so he turned his eyes, as already noted, to the Highlands of Scotland. In order to secure a sufficient number of Highlanders a commission was granted to Lieutenant Hugh Mackay and George Dunbar to proceed to the Highlands and "raise 100 Men free or servants and for that purpose allowed to them the free passage of ten servants over and above the 100. They farther allowed them to take 50 Head of Women and Children and agreed with Mr. Simmonds to send a ship about, which he w'd not do unless they agreed ...
— An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America • J. P. MacLean

... British critics. Arnold invited us to "conceive of the whole group of civilized nations as being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes, one great confederation whose members have a due knowledge both of the past out of which they all proceed, and of one another." He went on to suggest that for any artist or poet "to be recognized by the verdict of such a confederation as a master is indeed glory, a glory which it would be difficult to rate too highly. For what could be more beneficent, more ...
— Inquiries and Opinions • Brander Matthews

... demoralization which they introduce into the world through women. I say nothing of the fact that, if it were to follow their advice,—thanks to the microbe which they see everywhere,—humanity, instead of tending to union, would proceed straight to complete disunion. Everybody, according to their doctrine, should isolate himself, and never remove from his mouth a syringe filled with phenic acid (moreover, they have found out now that it does no good). But ...
— The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories • Leo Tolstoy

... is now disguised in that attire is no Egyptian, but a true Samaritan, who hath been the means of working much good in the evil times past, and is likely to be a useful instrument in the troubled times yet to come. If this dissolute court, and Popish heir-presumptive, do proceed in their attempts to overthrow our pure Reformed church, depend on it, young man, that that woman will not be found wanting in the hour of trial. But for the matter in hand, will you be godfather to the person now to be received into ...
— Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 • Various


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