proceeding
The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transactionThe act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
» You must bring proceedings against him.
Meaning
6 sensesThe act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
An event or happening; something that happens.
I had a grandstand view of the proceedings.
A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.
Progress or movement from one thing to another.
A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction.
an illegal proceeding
a cautious or a violent proceeding
Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.
- (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
Examples
11 sentencesYou must bring proceedings against him.
He's over ten minutes late to the proceedings.
One of the visitors cried out to obstruct the proceedings.
She was trying to inject some fun into the grim proceedings.
They're monitoring proceedings.
deSie überwachen das Verfahren.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
By surface analysis, proceed + -ing.By surface analysis, proceed + -ing.
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Forms
plural: proceedings| Singular | proceeding |
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Synonyms
18 synonyms- (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked:legal proceedingproceedings