proceed
continue talking
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,680 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,228 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- continue talking also: continue, go on, carry on `I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'carry on--pretend we are not in the room
- move ahead; travel onward in time or space also: go forward, continue We proceeded towards WashingtonShe continued in the direction of the hills
- follow a procedure or take a course also: go, move We should go farther in this matterShe went through a lot of trouble
- follow a certain course also: go The inauguration went wellhow did your interview go?
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity also: continue, go on, go along, keep Keep on working!We continued to work into the night
proceed in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
-
Her father did not permit her to proceed.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
-
At Beirut time will be given to visit Damascus; after which the steamer will proceed to Joppa.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
-
A ridiculous episode which--I rose with the intention of doing so at once--I should now proceed to eliminate from my life.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
-
But to proceed, it was, by the account I kept, the 30th of September, when I first landed on this island.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
-
The country folk assembled at the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mounted police and his men.
The Countess of Saint Geran Celebrated Crimes · Alexandre Dumas · Chapter 1