From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe proceedingsthe proceedings (also the proceeding)HAPPEN an event or a series of things that happen We watched the proceedings in the street below. At this point in the proceedings, my doctor offered me a choice. → proceeding
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the proceedings• Some jurors even embraced the residents and congratulated lead plaintiffs' attorney George Chandler after the proceedings.• In this case the proceedings were commenced in less than one year after the wrongful removal.• The other mare obligingly took little interest in the proceedings - until the Beirut-Sharjah leg.• The findings were published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.• Currently, many contracts stipulate the opposite -- making the proceedings much more convenient for the franchiser.• Participants were expected to join in and make a mark on the proceedings.• The Compere and Commere sit in an opera box and watch the proceedings.the proceedingsthe proceedingsformal the official written records of a meeting, society etcthe proceedings of the proceedings of the conference → proceedingExamples from the Corpus
proceeding of• Further judicial directions in the proceedings of the litigation are expected in July.• The findings were published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.• This book is indeed the proceedings of one such conference, held in Prague in April 1997.• It is expected that a book will be published based on the proceedings of the seminar.• Publication of materials reflecting on the proceedings of the House and its members.• The proceedings of the conference began each morning promptly at nine-thirty.• The proceedings of the House should not be used for that purpose.• The proceedings of the meeting are to be published by Critical Public Health. 