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feat, accomplishment: Grace Darling's rescue of the shipwrecked
men was truly a heroic proceeding. 2 proceedings. a
transactions, report(s), minutes, record(s), annals, affairs,
dealings, business, account(s), archives, Formal acta: The
proceedings of the Society are published annually. b events,
goings-on, doings; celebration(s); performance(s): The
proceedings were briefly interrupted while the hecklers were
ejected from the hall.
process n. 1 procedure, proceeding, operation, system, method,
approach, technique; course of action: I am sure you understand
how the process works. What process do they use to make paper
out of wood? 2 activity, function, development: The process of
photosynthesis is the means by which plants synthesize
carbohydrates.
--v. 3 treat, prepare, (make or get) ready, change, modify,
transform, convert, alter: This is the room where the
ingredients are processed before mixing. 4 handle, take care
of, organize, deal with, manage; dispose of, answer, manipulate:
After the earthquake the insurance companies processed thousands
of claims.
procession
n. 1 parade, march, cavalcade, motorcade, cortege or cortŠge,
column, line, file, train, march past: A strange procession of
thousands of beggars silently wound its way through the city. 2
succession, cycle, sequence, string, train, chain, series,
course, run, progression, cavalcade: He began to recount the
procession of events that led up to the murder.
proclaim v. 1 announce, advertise, circulate, declare, broadcast,
pronounce, make known, bruit (about), trumpet, publish,
promulgate, herald; profess, protest, enunciate, articulate:
Edgar was proclaimed king. She proclaimed her innocence. 2
brand, accuse of being, stigmatize as, pronounce, rule, decree,
characterize, report: She found herself proclaimed a traitor.
proclamation
n. 1 announcement, advertisement, declaration, publication,
promulgation, statement, manifesto, pronunciamento,
notification, notice: A proclamation was issued granting
amnesty to all political prisoners. 2 proclaiming, announcing,