Preceding vs. Proceeding

Precedingadjective

Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.

Precedingadjective

Going before; - opposed to following.

Precedingadjective

In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2.

Precedingadjective

existing or coming before

Precedingadjective

preceding in time or order

Precedingadjective

of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office;

Proceedingnoun

The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction

Proceedingnoun

An event or happening; something that happens

Proceedingnoun

(always in plural) A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.

Proceedingnoun

Progress or movement from one thing to another.

Proceedingnoun

A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction

Proceedingnoun

(legal) Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.

Proceedingnoun

The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from one thing to another; a measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding.

Proceedingnoun

The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law.

Proceedingnoun

(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked