proceed
proceeds, proceeding, proceeded
1 If you proceed to do something, you do it after doing something else.
   He proceeded to explain.
   VB WITH TO-INF
2 If you proceed with a course of action, you continue with it; a formal use
   It is necessary to examine this claim before we proceed any further.
   VB
3 If an activity, process, or event proceeds, it continues as planned; a formal
   use
   Preparations were proceeding on schedule.
   VB
4 If you proceed in a particular direction, you go in that direction; a formal
   use
   ...as we were proceeding along Chiswick High Street.
   VB
5 The proceeds of an event or activity are the money that has been obtained
   from it.
   The proceeds will be given away to a deserving charity.
   PLURAL N