Process vs. Proceed

Processnoun

A series of events which produce a result, especially as contrasted to product.

‘This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.’;

Proceedverb

(intransitive) To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on

‘To proceed on a journey.’;

Processnoun

(manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.

Proceedverb

(intransitive) To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.

‘To proceed with a story or argument.’;

Processnoun

A path of succession of states through which a system passes.

Proceedverb

(intransitive) To come from (have as the source or origin)

‘Light proceeds from the sun.’;

Processnoun

(anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.

Proceedverb

(intransitive) To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically

Processnoun

(legal) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.

Proceedverb

(intransitive) To be transacted; to take place; to occur.

Processnoun

(biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.

Proceedverb

To be applicable or effective; to be valid.

Processnoun

(anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.

Proceedverb

To begin and carry on a legal process. en

Processnoun

(computing) A task or program that is or was executing.

Proceedverb

To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.

‘If thou proceed in this thy insolence.’;

Processverb

(transitive) to perform a particular process on a thing

Proceedverb

To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument.

Processverb

(transitive) to retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.

‘We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions.’;

Proceedverb

To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from; as, light proceeds from the sun.

‘I proceeded forth and came from God.’; ‘It proceeds from policy, not love.’;

Processverb

(transitive) to think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.

Proceedverb

To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act by method; to prosecute a design.

‘He that proceeds upon other principles in his inquiry.’;

Processverb

To walk in a procession.

Proceedverb

To be transacted; to take place; to occur.

‘He will, after his sour fashion, tell youWhat hath proceeded worthy note to-day.’;

Processnoun

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

‘The thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.’;

Proceedverb

To have application or effect; to operate.

‘This rule only proceeds and takes place when a person can not of common law condemn another by his sentence.’;

Processnoun

A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature.

‘Tell her the process of Antonio's end.’;

Proceedverb

To begin and carry on a legal process.

Processnoun

A statement of events; a narrative.

Proceednoun

See Proceeds.

Processnoun

Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.

Proceedverb

continue with one's activities;

‘I know it's hard,’; ‘but there is no choice’; ‘carry on--pretend we are not in the room’;

Processnoun

The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; - a generic term for writs of the class called judicial.

Proceedverb

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’;

Processnoun

a particular course of action intended to achieve a result;

‘the procedure of obtaining a driver's license’; ‘it was a process of trial and error’;

Proceedverb

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’;

Processnoun

a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states;

‘events now in process’; ‘the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls’;

Proceedverb

follow a certain course;

‘The inauguration went well’; ‘how did your interview go?’;

Processnoun

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents;

‘the process of thinking’; ‘the cognitive operation of remembering’;

Proceedverb

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’;

Processnoun

a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant

Proceedverb

begin a course of action

‘the consortium could proceed with the plan’;

Processnoun

a mental process that you are not directly aware of;

‘the process of denial’;

Proceedverb

do something after something else

‘opposite the front door was a staircase which I proceeded to climb’;

Processnoun

a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant;

‘a bony process’;

Proceedverb

(of an action) carry on or continue

‘my studies are proceeding well’;

Processverb

deal with in a routine way;

‘I'll handle that one’; ‘process a loan’; ‘process the applicants’;

Proceedverb

start a lawsuit against someone

‘he may still be able to proceed against the contractor under negligence rules’;

Processverb

subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition;

‘process cheese’; ‘process hair’; ‘treat the water so it can be drunk’; ‘treat the lawn with chemicals’; ‘treat an oil spill’;

Proceedverb

move forward

‘from the High Street, proceed over Magdalen Bridge’;

Processverb

perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information;

‘The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech’;

Proceedverb

advance to a higher rank, status, or education

‘he did not proceed to university in his seventeenth year’;

Processverb

institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;

‘He was warned that the district attorney would process him’; ‘She actioned the company for discrimination’;

Proceedverb

originate from

‘his claim that all power proceeded from God’;

Processverb

shape, form, or improve a material;

‘work stone into tools’; ‘process iron’; ‘work the metal’;

Processverb

deliver a warrant or summons to someone;

‘He was processed by the sheriff’;

Processverb

march in a procession;

‘They processed into the dining room’;