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- proceedings "records of the doings of a society," 1830, from PROCEEDING (Cf. proceeding).
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proceedings — pro‧ceed‧ings [prəˈsiːdɪŋz] noun [plural] LAW actions taken in a law court or legal case: • The company s creditors asked an Ontario court to begin formal proceedings against the company. ˈbankruptcy proˌceedings LAW FINANCE a legal case taken … Financial and business terms
proceedings — index affairs, case (lawsuit), cause (lawsuit), dealings, matter (case), record … Law dictionary
proceedings — [n] account, report of event affairs, annals, archives, business, dealings, documents, doings*, matters, minutes, records, transactions; concept 271 … New thesaurus
proceedings — ► PLURAL NOUN 1) an event or a series of activities with a set procedure. 2) Law action taken in a court to settle a dispute. 3) a report of a set of meetings or a conference … English terms dictionary
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proceedings — n. (often legal) 1) to conduct; initiate, institute proceedings against (to initiate legal proceedings against a competitor) 2) judicial, legal proceedings 3) divorce proceedings (to institute divorce proceedings) * * * legal proceedings initiate … Combinatory dictionary
proceedings — plural noun 1) the evening s proceedings are underway Syn: events, activities, happenings, goings on, doings 2) they published the proceedings of the meeting Syn: report, transactions, minutes, account, record(s); a … Thesaurus of popular words
proceedings — noun (plural) 1 also proceeding (C) an event or series of actions, especially an unusual or annoying one: We watched the proceedings in the street from the window. 2 actions taken in a law court or in a legal case: Legal proceedings can be… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
proceedings — plural noun 1) the evening s proceedings Syn: events, activities, happenings, goings on 2) the proceedings of the meeting Syn: report, transactions, minutes, account … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
