PROCEEDING Synonyms: 132 Similar and Opposite Words

proceeding 1 of 3

noun

prō-ˈsē-diŋ

Definition of proceeding

as in lawsuit

a court case for enforcing a right or claim a divorce proceeding

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as in process

a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result this is not the haphazard proceeding that it may seem to the casual observer

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proceeding

2 of 3

adjective

as in ongoing

being in progress or development currently proceeding projects include construction of a new school gym

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proceeding

3 of 3

verb

present participle of proceed

as in progressing

to move forward along a course you may proceed with your plan

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Recent Examples of proceeding

Noun

In the current proceeding, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lynn Scaduto will decide whether to grant Jeanie Buss’ demands. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Both brothers said being jailed in Miami was interfering with their ability to participate in criminal proceedings in Romania. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026

Verb

Erasing the Roadless Rule drew 625,737 comments, and the rescission is proceeding anyway. — Will Pattiz, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2026 His attorneys argue that the state charges should be dismissed because proceeding with them would violate his due process rights and the double jeopardy protections against being tried twice for the same crime. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for proceeding

Recent Examples of Synonyms for proceeding

Noun

The Thursday ruling came after Democrats and voting rights groups filed a fresh round of lawsuits to comply with the recent Supreme Court decision.

— Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
Conor Fitzpatrick, an attorney with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which brought the lawsuit, praised the ruling.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of lawsuit

Noun

What the article does not show is that this process is what high-performing firms use, or that firms which use it then outperform.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
To comply, states would have to retool their processes for printing and mailing ballots, a potentially expensive process that might be difficult to achieve quickly.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of process

Adjective

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East had a lesser negative effect than expected for L’Oréal in the second quarter.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
The combining of physical and digital systems is creating environments that require integration, intelligence and ongoing management.

— Dirk Naylor, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of ongoing

Noun

The disclosure contends that, because of the new procedures, a single scanning error in a batch of tens of thousands of ballot envelopes could prevent any from reaching voters.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
That puts cybersecurity closer to the reactor’s engineering core, where decisions about digital controls, physical systems, and operational procedures begin to take shape.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of procedure

Adjective

That sits on the books of the league’s 32 Equity investment arm, and 1/32 of any gains or losses in the entity flow through the Packers’ non-operating income.

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 24 July 2026
True, some if the upside surprise has come from non-operating gains on holdings in huge, private AI pioneers, but not all of it.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 June 2026

Definition of operating

Verb

Subsense, which has raised $27 million in funding, is currently doing preclinical work, experimenting with various elements of the technology and conducting some experiments on mice.

— Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Now, the two men — coach and GM — are in the process of doing exactly as each promised when they were hired.

— Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026