proceed (
http://definr.com/proceed)
v 1: continue with one's activities; "I know it's hard," he
continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend
we are not in the room" [syn:
continue,
go on, {carry
on}]
2: move ahead; travel onward; "We proceeded towards
Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the
hills"; can also be used in the temporal sense: "We are
moving ahead in time now" [syn:
go forward,
continue]
3: follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther
in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go
about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go
through diplomatic channels" [syn:
go,
move]
4: follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how
did your interview go?" [syn:
go]
5: continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on
working!" "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep
smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
[syn:
continue,
go on,
go along,
keep] [ant:
discontinue]