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 Already postponed 24 hours, the invasion proceeded in the face of rough seas, strong winds, and low visibility in order to seize a small window in time of enormous consequence. — Marc E. Andersen, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026 No one in the city has turned to the Sixers for salvation for years, accustomed to a process that never proceeded. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026 But because New Mexico was not part of the settlement, the state's data privacy case that arose from Meta's Cambridge Analytica scandal proceeded to trial in September. — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 The football game between the two American Conference teams proceeded after a brief delay. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 The Endurance Energy team proceeded to case and cement the second hole before installing a valve to create a well. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026 In 1995, Daunt opened a second branch, in Belsize Park, and proceeded to expand to four more locations. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Mitchell had two home runs against lefties in years worth of major league hitting, then proceeded to hit two homers off of Blake Snell and Tanner Scott in back-to-back nights. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 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

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

After Little’s kick, the Texans quickly marched into Jacksonville territory.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Hundreds of thousands of people marched through various cities and protested peacefully but others set fire to the city hall in Limoges, gutting the 19th-century building.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026