proceed
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
proceed /prəˈsiːd/
▶verb
- 1 begin a course of action.
■ go on to do something.
■ (of an action) carry on or continue.
- 2 move forward.
- 3 Law start a lawsuit against someone.
- 4 (proceed from) originate from.
– origin ME: from OFr. proceder, from L. procedere, from pro- ‘forward’ + cedere ‘go’.
'proceed' also found in these Oxford entries:
aggression
- bear
- ca'canny
- call
- clearance
- cook
- crack
- dispatch
- focal point
- gallop
- gang
- gist
- go
- go-ahead
- green light
- gun
- highball
- hit
- limp
- make
- march
- play
- please
- plug
- priority
- procedure
- proceeds
- process
- procession
- pursue
- push
- put
- queue
- right of way
- rip
- road
- run
- signal
- single
- snakes and ladders
- snowshoe
- staff
- strike
- tablet
- tick
- tie
- tittup
- token
- toll gate
