proceedings

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈsiːd.ɪŋz/, /ˈpɹəʊˌsiːd.ɪŋz/

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The latter UK pronunciation is generally only used for distinguishing this word from preceding.

proceedings

1. plural of proceeding
   • 2012 June 2, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Belgium”, in BBC Sport‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 March 2022:

     Hodgson's approach may not illuminate proceedings in Poland and Ukraine but early evidence suggests they will be tough to break down.

proceedings pl (plural only)

1. (law, plural only) The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law.
   • 2010, Plato, “Euthyphro”, in Christopher Rowe, transl., The Last Days of Socrates, Penguin Books Ltd., →ISBN, line 4b:

     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.

   • 2018 June 1, Ralph Ellis, “30-year-old son finally moves out of his parents’ house”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 9 November 2020:

     Christina 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.

   • 2023 December 12, Shaun Walker, “Far-right Polish MP uses fire extinguisher to put out Hanukah candles”, in The Guardian‎^[3], →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 June 2025:

     A 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.

2. The published record of the actions of a society, or of things done at its meetings.

   Synonyms: transactions, memoirs