Proceed
To begin or continue a course of action; to move forward.
verbProceed
To begin or continue a course of action; to move forward.
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Imagine This
Imagine you stand at a fork in a road with a plan in hand. After checking your map, you step onto the path and proceed forward, leaving hesitation behind as you move toward your destination.
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Sounds Like
pruh-SEED
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Looks Like
precede (visually similar in spelling; opposite meaning).
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Remember This
The root -ceed means 'to go' (from Latin cedere). The prefix 'pro-' suggests forward, connecting to related words like succeed, precede, concede, and recede.
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Other Forms
proceededverb
proceedingnoun
proceedsnoun
proceedingsnoun
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Connect With
continue, advance, move forward, go ahead, progress
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Note
Commonly used with 'with' (proceed with the plan) or with 'to' (proceed to the next step). Do not confuse with 'precede,' which means to come before.