Preceding vs. Proceeding

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

Example: ‘On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.’;

Going before; - opposed to following.

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

existing or coming before

preceding in time or order

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

Example: ‘a retiring member of the board’;

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

An event or happening; something that happens

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

Progress or movement from one thing to another.

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

Example: ‘an illegal proceeding’; ‘a cautious or a violent proceeding’;

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

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.

Example: ‘The proceedings of the high commission.’;

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

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