proceeding

Plural: proceedings

Noun

• (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
• The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction
• An event or happening; something that happens
• 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.
• Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.

Verb

• continue talking; he continued,
• move ahead; travel onward in time or space
• follow a procedure or take a course
• follow a certain course
• continue a certain state, condition, or activity
• present participle and gerund of proceed

Examples

• a cautious or a violent proceeding
• an illegal proceeding

Synonyms

carry on, continue, go, go along, go forward, go on, keep, legal proceeding, move, proceed, proceedings, affair, befalling, episode, event, goings-on, hap, happening, incident, measure, occasion, occurrence, procedure, proceeding, step, transaction

Antonyms

discontinue