VERB | communication | proceed, continue, go on, carry on | continue talking / talking / talking |
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motion | proceed, go forward, continue | move ahead | |
social | proceed, go, move | follow a procedure or take a course | |
change | proceed, go | follow a certain course | |
stative | proceed, continue, go on, go along, keep | continue a certain state, condition, or activity |
Sounds | persiy'd; prahsiy'd; prowsiy'd | |
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Rhymes | able-bodied ... worried: 105 rhymes with iyd... |
Meaning | Continue talking / talking / talking. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s VERB-ing | |
Synonyms | continue, go on, carry on | |
Narrower | ramble on, ramble, jog | Continue talking / talking or writing in a desultory manner |
segue | proceed without interruption | |
Broader | talk, speak | Exchange thoughts |
Spanish | continuar, proseguir, seguir | |
Catalan | continuar, prosseguir, seguir |
Meaning | Move ahead; travel onward in time or space. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Model | They proceed up the hill | |
Example | "We proceeded towards Washington" | |
Synonyms | go forward, continue | |
Narrower | head | To go or travel towards |
limp | proceed slowly or with difficulty | |
roar | Act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way | |
trace | make one's course or travel along a path | |
wander | Go via an indirect route or at no set pace | |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
Similar to | continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve | Keep or maintain in unaltered condition |
Spanish | avanzar, continuar, proceder, proseguir, seguir | |
Catalan | avançar, continuar, procedir, prosseguir, seguir | |
Nouns | procession | the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) |
Meaning | Follow a procedure or take a course. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective; Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonyms | go, move | |
Narrower | steamroller, steamroll | proceed with great force |
venture, embark | proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers | |
work | proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity | |
Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
Spanish | acudir, avanzar, ir, proceder | |
Catalan | acudir, adreçar-se, anar-se'n, dirigir-se, fer cap, marxar, venir | |
Nouns | procedure | a particular course of action intended to achieve a result |
proceeding, proceedings | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked |
Meaning | Follow a certain course. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s Adjective/Noun | |
Synonym | go | |
Narrower | do, fare, make out, come, get along | proceed or get along |
drag, drag on, drag out | proceed for an extended period of time | |
Broader | happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place | Come to pass |
Spanish | ir, proceder | |
Catalan | anar |
Meaning | Continue a certain state, condition, or activity. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s VERB-ing | |
Synonyms | continue, go on, go along, keep | |
Narrower | hold | Remain in a certain state, position, or condition |
ride | Continue undisturbed and without interference | |
run on, keep going | Continue uninterrupted | |
Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
Opposite | discontinue | Come to or be at an end |
Similar to | continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve | Keep or maintain in unaltered condition |
continue | Continue after an interruption / interruption | |
Spanish | continuar, guardar, proseguir, seguir | |
Catalan | continuar, guardar, prosseguir, seguir |
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