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PROCEED

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Follow a certain course

Example:

how did your interview go?

Synonyms:

go; proceed

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "proceed" is one way to...):

come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "proceed"):

drag; drag on; drag out (proceed for an extended period of time)

come; do; fare; get along; make out (proceed or get along)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something ----s Adjective/Noun

Sense 2

Meaning:

Continue talking

Example:

carry on--pretend we are not in the room

Synonyms:

carry on; continue; go on; proceed

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "proceed" is one way to...):

speak; talk (exchange thoughts; talk with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "proceed"):

segue (proceed without interruption; in music or talk)

jog; ramble; ramble on (continue talking or writing in a desultory manner)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Sense 3

Meaning:

Move ahead; travel onward in time or space

Example:

We are moving ahead in time now

Synonyms:

continue; go forward; proceed

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "proceed" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Verb group:

bear on; carry on; continue; preserve; uphold (keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "proceed"):

head (to go or travel towards)

trace (make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along)

roar (act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way)

limp (proceed slowly or with difficulty)

wander (go via an indirect route or at no set pace)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

They proceed up the hill

Derivation:

procession (the act of moving forward (as toward a goal))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Follow a procedure or take a course

Example:

Messages must go through diplomatic channels

Synonyms:

go; move; proceed

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "proceed" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "proceed"):

work (proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity)

embark; venture (proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers)

steamroll; steamroller (proceed with great force)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

procedure (a particular course of action intended to achieve a result)

proceeding; proceedings ((law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Continue a certain state, condition, or activity

Example:

We went on working until well past midnight

Synonyms:

continue; go along; go on; keep; proceed

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "proceed" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Verb group:

bear on; carry on; continue; preserve; uphold (keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last)

continue (continue after an interruption)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "proceed"):

hold (remain in a certain state, position, or condition)

keep going; run on (continue uninterrupted)

ride (continue undisturbed and without interference)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Credits

 Context examples: 

Mr. Rochester put the now bloody sponge into my hand, and I proceeded to use it as he had done.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Upon such intelligence the general had proceeded; for never had it occurred to him to doubt its authority.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

A moment afterwards he had entered the block house and with one grim nod to me proceeded with his work among the sick.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Leaving her sister to her own devices, Amy proceeded to enjoy herself to her heart's content.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He shot one of his suspicious looks at me. ‘Perhaps we had better proceed to business, then,’ said he. ‘Mr. Ferguson and I will take you up to see the machine.’

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then we all lit our lamps and proceeded on our search.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He proceeded very slowly and cautiously, an inch at a time.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Normally, ligand-dependent signaling by Hedgehog (Hh) homologs proceeds through binding to the Patched receptor.

(Basal Cell Carcinoma Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

She then proceeded to inquire into the measures which her father had intended to pursue, while in town, for the recovery of his daughter.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Meanwhile, the funeral may proceed, and the poor old woman who still lies in that coffin may go to her last resting-place alone.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)