(~s ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ to do something, you do it, often after doing something else first.
He ~ed to tell me of my birth...
VERB: V to-inf
2.
If you ~ with a course of action, you continue with it. (FORMAL)
The group ~ed with a march they knew would lead to bloodshed...
The trial has been delayed until November because the defence is not ready to ~.
VERB: V with n, V
3.
If an activity, process, or event ~s, it goes on and does not stop.
The ideas were not new. Their development had ~ed steadily since the war...
VERB: V
4.
If you ~ in a particular direction, you go in that direction. (FORMAL)
She climbed the steps and ~ed along the upstairs hallway...
The freighter was allowed to ~ after satisfying them that it was not breaking sanctions.
= continue
VERB: V prep/adv, V
5.
The ~s of an event or activity are the money that has been obtained from it.
N-PLURAL: the N, oft the N of/from n