proceed

Other forms of proceed

past tense

proceeded·

present participle

proceeding·

third person

proceeds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about proceed

What does proceed mean?

proceed means "continue talking". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in proceed?

proceed has 2 syllables: pro-ceed. The stress falls on "ceed". In IPA it is /pɹəˈsid/.

What is another word for proceed?

Close synonyms include continue, go on, carry on, go forward, continue. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is proceed a common word?

proceed is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with proceed?

19 words rhyme with proceed. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.