Meaning & use
Proceeded
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Continued with an action or process, typically after a pause or after a preceding step.
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After the introductions, the committee proceeded to discuss the budget.
Despite the warning, the hikers proceeded up the trail.
A note on using this word
The past tense of 'proceed,' from Latin 'procedere,' meaning 'to go forward.'
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