PROCEEDINGS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PROCEEDINGS?

Need another word that means the same as “proceedings”? Find 20 synonyms and 30 related words for “proceedings” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Proceedings” are: proceeding, minutes, transactions, events, activities, business, affairs, happenings, doings, lawsuit, suit, case, action, litigation, report, reports, account, accounts, record, records

Proceedings as a Noun

Definitions of "Proceedings" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “proceedings” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A written account of what transpired at a meeting.
• An event or a series of activities involving a set procedure.
• Action taken in a court to settle a dispute.
• (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked.
• A published report of a set of meetings or a conference.
• The institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked.

Synonyms of "Proceedings" as a noun (20 Words)

account	A short account of the news. We ve reset your password to prevent others from accessing your account.
accounts	The quality of taking advantage. By all accounts they were a happy couple.
action	A judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong. The United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues.
activities	A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings. Respiratory activity.
affairs	A vaguely specified social event. Great affairs of state.
business	Business concerns collectively. Show me where the business was today.
case	The quantity contained in a case. The burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase.
doings	Manner of acting or controlling yourself.
events	A special set of circumstances. He acted very wise after the event.
happenings	An event that happens.
lawsuit	A claim or dispute brought to a law court for adjudication. His lawyer filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles city.
litigation	A legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights. The company wishes to avoid litigation.
minutes	A written account of what transpired at a meeting.
proceeding	The institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked.
record	Anything such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph providing permanent evidence of or information about past events. My favourite record.
records	A document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction. Coffee production last year broke all previous records.
report	An employee who reports to another employee. He was a person of bad report.
reports	A written document describing the findings of some individual or group. He heard reports that they were causing trouble.
suit	Slang a businessman dressed in a business suit. A suit of armour.
transactions	A written account of what transpired at a meeting.

Usage Examples of "Proceedings" as a noun

• Criminal proceedings were brought against him.
• You should read the proceedings.
• You complete a form to start proceedings.

Associations of "Proceedings" (30 Words)

accuser	A person who claims that someone has committed an offence or done something wrong. Hero faints before her three accusers leave.
appellate	(especially of a court) concerned with or dealing with applications for decisions to be reversed. Courts of appellate jurisdiction.
committal	The burial of a dead body. Committal proceedings.
court	A room in which a lawcourt sits. Television cameras were admitted in the courtroom.
courtroom	The place or room in which a court of law meets. A bitter courtroom battle.
docket	Place on the docket for legal action. He docketed the letter on the back in his distinctive writing.
formality	Strictly conventional behaviour. Promotion looks a formality.
inspection	Careful examination or scrutiny. We had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator.
judicature	The system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government. The constitutional principle that the legislature is separate from the judicature.
judicial	Of, by, or appropriate to a law court or judge; relating to the administration of justice. A judicial system.
judiciary	Persons who administer justice. The independence of the judiciary.
jurisdiction	The territory or sphere of activity over which the legal authority of a court or other institution extends. Several different tax jurisdictions.
juror	A member of a jury.
law	An individual rule as part of a system of law. He d never been in trouble with the law in his life.
lawyer	Practise law work as a lawyer. There is always a danger that the deal will be lawyered to death.
legal	Relating to theological legalism. A yellow legal pad.
legality	Obligations imposed by law. Documentation testifying to the legality of the arms sale.
litigation	A legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights. The company wishes to avoid litigation.
magistracy	The office or authority of a magistrate. He twice ran for a magistracy in his home town.
probate	The official proving of a will. The house has been valued for probate.
procedure	A series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner. Parliamentary procedure.
progression	A number of things in a series. Good opportunities for career progression.
protocol	The original draft of a diplomatic document, especially of the terms of a treaty agreed to in conference and signed by the parties. A study protocol approved by the ethics committee of the hospital.
reexamination	(law) questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross-examination.
regularize	Establish (a hitherto temporary or provisional arrangement) on an official basis. An electrical implant to regularize the heartbeat.
step	Move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation. Step lively.
systematize	Arrange according to a system or reduce to a system. Systematize our scientific knowledge.
trial	Of a horse dog or other animal compete in trials. He cracked his ankle the week before the final trial.
tribunal	A court of justice. An international war crimes tribunal.
wanted	Characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for. A wanted poster.