What part of speech is proceeded?

Proceeded can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. proceeded is a verb, past participle of proceed (infinitive).
  • 2. proceeded is a verb, past simple of proceed (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does proceeded mean?

Definitions

Verb

proceed - move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"
proceed - follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"
proceed - continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
proceed - follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
proceed - continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

Examples of proceeded

#   Sentence  
1. verb I believe we are to some extent already protected with "Enron" proceeded with anything, but EnronOnline(TM) , etc. just affords us more protection.
2. verb I was in a meeting last week and this was discussed (I don't remember if you were there or not) but I'm thinking that you may have already proceeded ahead for implementation which is great, thanks!
3. verb So they were going to charge him for new peddles and proceeded to put them on without even telling him the price.
4. verb She then proceeded to negotiate with her bank.
5. verb Economic development proceeded slowly.
6. verb He proceeded to the next question.
7. verb The ship proceeded to her destination.
8. verb He proceeded in the face of danger.
9. verb She proceeded with the work.
10. verb The soldiers proceeded to the frontier with caution.
11. verb Surrounded by hordes of vampires, Christopher Columbus once had an epic sword duel with Count Dracula in the latter's castle. After the Count cut off Columbus's hand, Columbus calmly picked it up, put it back in place, and proceeded to best the Count.
12. verb When he asked for a single slice, they gave him an entire uncut pizza, which he proceeded to eat by rolling it up like a burrito and just shoveling it in. The question, of course, is whether a whole entity is a slice of itself.
13. verb The boy, upon seeing a butterfly, proceeded to run after it, provoking the anger of his mother, who had ordered him to stay quiet while she gossiped with the lady next door.
14. verb Did you see his work? Would he have wanted to do it badly, he wouldn't have proceeded otherwise.
15. verb At first, everything proceeded according to plan.
Sentence  
verb
I believe we are to some extent already protected with "Enron" proceeded with anything, but EnronOnline(TM) , etc. just affords us more protection.
I was in a meeting last week and this was discussed (I don't remember if you were there or not) but I'm thinking that you may have already proceeded ahead for implementation which is great, thanks!
So they were going to charge him for new peddles and proceeded to put them on without even telling him the price.
She then proceeded to negotiate with her bank.
Economic development proceeded slowly.
He proceeded to the next question.
The ship proceeded to her destination.
He proceeded in the face of danger.
She proceeded with the work.
The soldiers proceeded to the frontier with caution.
Surrounded by hordes of vampires, Christopher Columbus once had an epic sword duel with Count Dracula in the latter's castle. After the Count cut off Columbus's hand, Columbus calmly picked it up, put it back in place, and proceeded to best the Count.
When he asked for a single slice, they gave him an entire uncut pizza, which he proceeded to eat by rolling it up like a burrito and just shoveling it in. The question, of course, is whether a whole entity is a slice of itself.
The boy, upon seeing a butterfly, proceeded to run after it, provoking the anger of his mother, who had ordered him to stay quiet while she gossiped with the lady next door.
Did you see his work? Would he have wanted to do it badly, he wouldn't have proceeded otherwise.
At first, everything proceeded according to plan.

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