/preuh see"ding/ , n.
1. a particular action or course or manner of action.
2. proceedings , a series of activities or events; happenings.
3. the act of a person or thing that proceeds: Our proceeding down the mountain was hindered by mud slides.
4. proceedings , a record of the doings or transactions of a fraternal, academic, etc., society.
5. proceedings , Law.
a. the instituting or carrying on of an action at law.
b. a legal step or measure: to institute proceedings against a person.
[ 1375-1425; late ME; see PROCEED, -ING 1 ]
Syn. 1, 2, 4. See process .