Synonyms for proceeding
Definitions
- n. 1
An event or happening; something that happens.
I had a grandstand view of the proceedings.
- n. 2
A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction.
a cautious or a violent proceeding
Forms
- Plural
- proceedings → steps, acts, transactions, processes…
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A transaction is something already done and completed; a proceeding is either something which is now going on, or, if ended, is still contemplated with reference to its progress or successive stages. The proceeding marks the manner of proceeding, as when we speak of the proceedings in a court of law.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- step One step further, and you will fall into an abyss.
- operation The system will go into operation in a short time.
- conduct Everyone of us is responsible for his own conduct.
- transaction I have to conclude this transaction within a week.
- episode Have you seen the latest episode of that TV show?
- befalling A disaster is befalling the country.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| proceeding | falling | |
| step | rising | |
| operation | falling | |
| conduct | steady | |
| transaction | rising | |
| episode | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- act1
- 4 letters
- step1, deed1
- 6 letters
- action2, affair2
- 7 letters
- process2, episode3, measure2, conduct2
- 8 letters
- behavior3, incident3
- 9 letters
- operation4, behaviour3, procedure3, befalling
- 10 letters
- occurrence3
- 11 letters
- performance3, transaction3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (action2 = 2 syllables).