PROCEEDED Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

proceeded

verb

past tense of proceed

as in did

to move forward along a course you may proceed with your plan

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Recent Examples of proceeded In 2012, Brand took Australian journalist Liz Hayes’ head into his hands during an interview and proceeded to kiss her face and place his hands on her body. — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 After cleaning the pizza slicer, an employee proceeded to return it to the pizza cutting table without sanitizing. — Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 The ceremony spanned the familiar marble balcony as the market opened and proceeded to a floor-level bell struck with a mallet. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026 Related Stories Feeling inspired for the first time in over a year, Sorkin proceeded to meet with each of them to conduct further research. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 Willis quickly spotted the rookie, tossed it to him and proceeded to watch Bell streak down the field into the end zone. — Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 Powell then proceeded to shoot a sequence that required him to scale an apartment building in only a bath towel. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2026 My father-in-law proceeded to unload it on our driveway without so much as asking! — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2026 The piece proceeded to indict him with a series of his own utterances. — David Kamp, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for proceeded

Verb

Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.

— Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Wisconsin Republicans did the same last year, and similar efforts have been raised in other states.

— Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025

Definition of did

Verb

The technology has progressed to full-scale demonstrations at Kairos Power’s Oak Ridge campus in Tennessee, where the company’s Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor is under construction.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Gifting or transferring shares after a sale or offering has progressed too far leaves room for the Internal Revenue Service to challenge the valuation.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of progressed

Verb

Several opposition lawmakers and thousands of supporters marched through the capital and submitted a petition to the chief justice alleging irregularities in the nationwide revision of voter lists.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Her shoes were very similar in style to her mother’s, and the pair looked on as Princess Leonor marched in the parade in formal military attire to celebrate completing three years of training.

— Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026