different between retrogress vs proceed

English

Etymology

From Latin retr?gressus, perfect active participle of retr?gradior (“retrograde”).

Verb

retrogress (third-person singular simple present retrogresses, present participle retrogressing, simple past and past participle retrogressed)

1. (intransitive) To return to an earlier, simpler or worse condition; to regress.
2. (intransitive) To go backwards; to retreat.
3. (intransitive) To return to bad behaviour; to relapse.

Antonyms

• progress

Noun

retrogress (plural retrogresses)

1. A retrogression.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French proceder, from Latin pr?c?d? (“I go forth, go forward, advance”), from pr? (“forth”) + c?d? (“I go”); see cede.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???si?d/
• Rhymes: -i?d
• Homophone: precede

Verb

proceed (third-person singular simple present proceeds, present participle proceeding, simple past and past participle proceeded)

1. (intransitive) To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on

   To proceed on a journey.

2. (intransitive) To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.

   To proceed with a story or argument.

3. (intransitive) To come from; to have as its source or origin.

   Light proceeds from the sun.

4. (intransitive) To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically

   • He that proceeds upon others’ principles in his enquiry

5. (intransitive) To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
6. (intransitive, of a rule) To be applicable or effective; to be valid.
   • 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon juris canonici Anglicani

     [This rule] only proceeds and takes place, when a person cannot of common Right condemn or bind another by his Sentence.

7. (law, intransitive) To begin and carry on a legal process. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
8. (intransitive) To take an academic degree.

Usage notes

• When used as a catenative verb, proceed takes the to infinitive (i.e. one says proceed to swing, not proceed swing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs.
• Not to be confused with precede.
• Many of the other English verbs ultimately derived from Latin c?d? are spelled ending in "cede", so the misspelling "procede" is common.

Synonyms

• progress, forthgo

Antonyms

• regress
• recede

Related terms

• procedure
• process

Translations

See also

• proceeds (noun)

References

• proceed in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• proceed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• pre-Code, precode