PROCEED (WITH) Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

proceed (with)

verb

Definition of proceed (with)

as in to resume

to begin again or return to after an interruption we can proceed with the meeting as soon as everyone has returned from lunch

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After an opening week of wrenching testimony and a jury trip to the home where Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, her murder trial resumes Monday with more testimony about the killings in a coastal Massachusetts town in 2023.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Family Meal started off as a pandemic project, at first feeding the restaurant’s employees until business could resume as normal.

— Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of resume

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Sunday’s blackout is the first of August, and comes after the island of 10-million people suffered three in July as the US continues imposing an oil blockade that is testing the country’s aging energy infrastructure.

— Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
The trial is expected to hear more than 70 witnesses and continue for months.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of continue

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After returning home, Cheogyal restarted his life and education in his home county Drago (Luhuo in Chinese), located in the rolling grasslands and mountains of a Tibetan region of Sichuan, on the southeastern corner of the Tibet-Qinghai plateau.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Some participants said the experience gave them the confidence to travel without their families, attempt unfamiliar challenges and restart a fitness routine after time away.

— Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of restart

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As efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz drag on, pressure is mounting for a solution to be found.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
After a long period of being fenced off and closed to the public, a reflecting pool will soon be reopening after a major renovation.

— Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of reopen

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proceed (with)

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