Meanings
- pluralplural of proceeding
Hodgson's approach may not illuminate proceedings in Poland and Ukraine but early evidence suggests they will be tough to break down.
2012 June 2, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Belgium”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2022
- pluralplural onlylawThe course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law.
You should institute legal proceedings.
3 more examples
Then is the man your father killed one of your family? It’s clear he must be, because you wouldn’t be taking out proceedings for homicide on behalf of someone who wasn’t family.
2010, Plato, “Euthyphro”, in Christopher Rowe, transl., The Last Days of Socrates, Penguin Books Ltd., →ISBN, line 4bChristina and Mark Rotondo of Camillus started the court proceedings this month and filed evidence of five toughly worded notices they served their son, starting in February.
2018 June 1, Ralph Ellis, “30-year-old son finally moves out of his parents’ house”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020A far-right Polish MP has extinguished candles on a menorah lit for Hanukah in Poland’s parliament, disrupting proceedings before a planned vote of confidence in the new government.
2023 December 12, Shaun Walker, “Far-right Polish MP uses fire extinguisher to put out Hanukah candles”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2025 - pluralplural onlyThe published record of the actions of a society, or of things done at its meetings.
Synonyms: transactions, memoirs
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe published record of the actions of a society, or of things done at its meetings.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 訴訟程序 /诉讼程序, 論文集 /论文集
- 訴訟程序 /诉讼程序 (sùsòng chéngxù)course of procedure
- 論文集 /论文集 (lùnwénjí)published record
Dutch afloop, verslag
- afloopcourse of procedure
- verslagpublished record
Finnish menettely, oikeudenkäynti
- menettelycourse of procedure
- oikeudenkäynticourse of procedure
- pöytäkirjapublished record
French compte-rendu
- compte-rendupublished record
German Verfahren
- Verfahrencourse of procedure
Hindi कार्यविवरण, कार्यविवरण
- कार्यविवरण (kāryavivraṇ)course of procedure
- कार्यविवरण (kāryavivraṇ)published record
Hungarian bírósági eljárás, jegyzőkönyv
- bírósági eljáráscourse of procedure
- jegyzőkönyvpublished record
Italian procedure, resoconto
- procedurecourse of procedure
- resocontopublished record
Polish przewód sądowy, sprawozdanie
- przewód sądowycourse of procedure
- sprawozdaniepublished record
- protokółpublished record
Spanish actas
- actaspublished record
Tagalog paglilinay
- paglilinaycourse of procedure
Thai กระบวนพิจารณา, รายงานการประชุม
- กระบวนพิจารณา (grà-buuan-pí-jaa-rá-naa)course of procedure
- รายงานการประชุม (rai ngan kan prachum)published record
Cite this entry
proceedings. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proceedings
“proceedings.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proceedings. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proceedings,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proceedings.
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