proceeding

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of proceed

noun

1. The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
2. An event or happening; something that happens.

   “I had a grandstand view of the proceedings.”

   “He had often painted himself at a mirror, a tortuous and fascinating proceeding, as every artist knows, and had been forced to admire the way in which he was made.”

3. A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.
4. Progress or movement from one thing to another.

   “I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.”

5. A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction.

   “an illegal proceeding”

   “a cautious or a violent proceeding”

   “The proceedings of the high commission.”

6. Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.

   “December 7 2016, Kelly Phillips Erb writing in Forbes, House Says No To Renewed Efforts To Impeach IRS Commissioner Since impeachment is a legal proceeding, while anyone can make a motion to start the process, the Judiciary Committee determines whether there are sufficient grounds for impeachment.”