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teaches at a school where most of the students are problem
children.
problematic
adj. problematical, difficult, uncertain, questionable,
questioned, doubtful, doubted, debatable, disputable, disputed,
unsettled, moot, undecided, controversial, tricky, touchy,
sensitive, Colloq hairy, iffy: The value of treating colds with
massive doses of vitamin C is problematic.
procedure n. way, conduct, course, action, course of action, method,
methodology, mode, form, system, approach, strategy, plan (of
action), scheme, modus operandi, operation, policy, ways and
means; routine, tradition, practice, custom, wont, standard
operating procedure, Colloq MO (= 'modus operandi'), SOP (=
'standard operating procedure'), Chiefly Brit drill: What
procedure will you follow to regain the stolen property? The
procedure in ballroom dancing has always been for the man to
lead.
proceed v. 1 Sometimes, proceed with. go or move (on or ahead or
forward), advance, continue, progress, carry on, get or move
along, get going or moving or under way, start, pass on, make
progress or headway, push or press on or onward(s), forge ahead;
resume, renew, go on with, pick up (where one left off):
Proceed to the T-junction, then turn left. If the membership
committee has finished, let us proceed to the report of the
finance committee. After the break, the performance will
proceed. 2 Often, proceed from or out of. result from, arise
(from), come (from), stem from, spring from, develop (from),
issue (from or forth), derive from, be derived (from), descend
from, emerge (from), grow (from or out of), originate (in or
from or with), begin (with), start (with or from): The
outcropping proceeds from glaciation and erosion. They say that
more than half of a person's happiness proceeds from hope.
--n. 3 proceeds. profit(s), gain, yield; income, receipts,
return(s), gate, box office, US take: The proceeds from the
charity auction were better than ever this year.
proceeding
n. 1 measure, act, (course of) action, move, step, undertaking,
deed, procedure, process, operation, transaction, manoeuvre,