<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a particular action or course or manner of action.</li><li>proceedings, a series of activities or events; happenings.</li><li>the act of a person or thing that proceeds: Our proceeding down the mountain was hindered by mud slides.</li><li>proceedings, a record of the doings or transactions of a fraternal, academic, etc., society.</li><li>proceedings, Law. the instituting or carrying on of an action at law.</li><li>a legal step or measure: to institute proceedings against a person.</li></ul>