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Proceeding is defined as beginning, moving forward or continuing with a course of action.

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When you continue with a project you started, this is an example of a time when you are proceeding with the project.

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See proceeding in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

an advancing or going on with what one has been doing
the carrying on of an action or course of action
a particular action or course of action
a record of the business transacted by a learned society or other organized group
1. legal action
2. the taking of legal action

See proceeding in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A course of action; a procedure.
proceedings A sequence of events occurring at a particular place or occasion: hectic proceedings in the kitchen.
proceedings A record of business carried on by a society or other organization; minutes.
Law
a. Legal action; litigation. Often used in the plural.
b. The instituting or conducting of legal action.

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