proceeding
/pɹəˈsiːdɪŋ/ noun
Also a form of proceed
Forms proceedings proceding
- noun The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
- noun An event or happening; something that happens. “I had a grandstand view of the proceedings.”
- noun (always in plural) A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.
- noun Progress or movement from one thing to another.
- noun A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction. “an illegal proceeding”
- noun (law) Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.
Synonyms
befalling incident affair episode instance event goings-on happening hap occasion occurrence procedure measure step transaction legal proceeding proceedings
Etymology
By surface analysis, proceed + -ing.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “proceeding”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details