proceedings

UK/pɹəˈsiːd.ɪŋz/

proceedings is the plural of proceeding.

Noun

proceedings pl (plural only)

(plural, plural-only) The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law.
- Then is the man your father killed one of your family? It’s clear he must be, because you wouldn’t be taking out proceedings for homicide on behalf of someone who wasn’t family.2010, Plato, “Euthyphro”, in Christopher Rowe, transl., The Last Days of Socrates, Penguin Books Ltd., →ISBN, line 4b
- Christina and Mark Rotondo of Camillus started the court proceedings this month and filed evidence of five toughly worded notices they served their son, starting in February.2018 June 1, Ralph Ellis, “30-year-old son finally moves out of his parents’ house”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020
(plural, plural-only) The published record of the actions of a society, or of things done at its meetings.

Synonyms:

transactions, memoirs

proceeding (plural proceedings)

The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
An event or happening; something that happens.
- I had a grandstand view of the proceedings.
Synonyms:

befalling, incident, affair, episode, instance, event, goings-on, happening, hap, occasion
(always in plural) A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.
Progress or movement from one thing to another.
- I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such...1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
Synonyms:

procedure
A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction.
- an illegal proceeding
Synonyms:

measure, step, transaction
Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.
- December 7 2016, Kelly Phillips Erb writing in Forbes, House Says No To Renewed Efforts To Impeach IRS Commissioner
  Since impeachment is a legal proceeding, while anyone can make a motion to start the process, the Judiciary Committee determines whether there are sufficient grounds for impeachment.

What does proceedings mean?: Proceedings means the course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law.
What is proceedings the plural of?: Proceedings is the plural of proceeding.
What part of speech is proceedings?: Proceedings is a noun.
How do you pronounce proceedings?: Proceedings is pronounced /pɹəˈsiːd.ɪŋz/ (UK).

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