proceedings — pro‧ceed‧ings [prəˈsiːdɪŋz] noun [plural] LAW actions taken in a law court or legal case: • The company s creditors asked an Ontario court to begin formal proceedings against the company. ˈbankruptcy proˌceedings LAW FINANCE a legal case taken … Financial and business terms
proceedings — index affairs, case (lawsuit), cause (lawsuit), dealings, matter (case), record … Law dictionary
proceedings — records of the doings of a society, 1830, from PROCEEDING (Cf. proceeding) … Etymology dictionary
proceedings — [n] account, report of event affairs, annals, archives, business, dealings, documents, doings*, matters, minutes, records, transactions; concept 271 … New thesaurus
proceedings — ► PLURAL NOUN 1) an event or a series of activities with a set procedure. 2) Law action taken in a court to settle a dispute. 3) a report of a set of meetings or a conference … English terms dictionary
Proceedings — For legal matters, see legal proceedings. For the USNI magazine, see Proceedings (magazine). In academia, proceedings are the collection of academic papers that are published in the context of an academic conference. They are usually distributed… … Wikipedia
proceedings — n. (often legal) 1) to conduct; initiate, institute proceedings against (to initiate legal proceedings against a competitor) 2) judicial, legal proceedings 3) divorce proceedings (to institute divorce proceedings) * * * legal proceedings initiate … Combinatory dictionary
proceedings — plural noun 1) the evening s proceedings are underway Syn: events, activities, happenings, goings on, doings 2) they published the proceedings of the meeting Syn: report, transactions, minutes, account, record(s); a … Thesaurus of popular words
proceedings — noun (plural) 1 also proceeding (C) an event or series of actions, especially an unusual or annoying one: We watched the proceedings in the street from the window. 2 actions taken in a law court or in a legal case: Legal proceedings can be… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
proceedings — plural noun 1) the evening s proceedings Syn: events, activities, happenings, goings on 2) the proceedings of the meeting Syn: report, transactions, minutes, account … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
