proceeding
Pronunciation: /pɹəˈsiːdɪŋ/
The English word “proceeding” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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.
Etymology
By surface analysis, proceed + -ing.
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