# proceed

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɹəˈsiːd/ · frequency rank #5,349

## Definitions
1. To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
2. To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
3. To come from; to have as its source or origin.
4. To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically.
5. To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
6. To be applicable or effective; to be valid.
7. To begin and carry on a legal process.
8. To take an academic degree.

## Etymology
From Middle English proceden, from Old French proceder, from Latin prōcēdō (“to go forth, go forward, advance”), from prō (“forth”) + cēdō (“to go”); see cede.

## Easily confused with
- **proved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proceed-vs-proved)
- **process** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proceed-vs-process)
- **pronged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proceed-vs-pronged)
- **proceeds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proceed-vs-proceeds)
- **procured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proceed-vs-procured)
- **processed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proceed-vs-processed)
- **proceeded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proceed-vs-proceeded)
- **priced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/priced-vs-proceed)

## Common misspellings (10)
`porceed`, `pproceed`, `prcoeed`, `procceed`, `proced`, `procede`, `proceedd`, `proeced`, `prroceed`, `rpoceed`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/proceed