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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Proceeding

· Pro·ceed·ing · IPA /pɹəˈsiːdɪŋ/
01 n. The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from one thing to another; a measure or step t…
  1. 1.
    The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from one thing to another; a measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding.
    “The proceedings of the high commission.” Macaulay.
  2. 2.
    The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law.(Law)
Phrases & compounds
Proceedings of a society — the published record of its action, or of things done at its meetings.