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Is proceed a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word proceed is a Scrabble US word. The word proceed is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is proceed a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word proceed is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

P3R1O1C3E1E1D2

Is proceed a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word proceed is a Words With Friends word. The word proceed is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (3 found)

COPERED,PRECODE,PROCEED,

6-letter words (3 found)

CREPED,PERCED,RECODE,

5-letter words (20 found)

CEDER,CERED,CODER,COPED,COPER,CORED,CREDO,CREED,CREEP,CREPE,DECOR,DOPER,DOREE,EPODE,ERODE,PEDRO,PERCE,PORED,PREED,ROPED,

4-letter words (40 found)

CEDE,CEPE,CERE,CERO,CODE,COED,COPE,CORD,CORE,CRED,CREE,CROP,DECO,DEEP,DEER,DERE,DERO,DOER,DOPE,DORE,DORP,DREE,DROP,ECOD,ERED,OPED,PEED,PEER,PERC,PERE,PORE,PREE,PROD,REDE,REDO,REED,REPO,RODE,ROED,ROPE,

3-letter words (33 found)

CEE,CEP,COD,COP,COR,DEE,DEP,DOC,DOE,DOP,DOR,ECO,ERE,ODE,OPE,ORC,ORD,ORE,PEC,PED,PEE,PER,POD,PRE,PRO,REC,RED,REE,REO,REP,ROC,ROD,ROE,

2-letter words (12 found)

DE,DO,ED,EE,ER,OD,OE,OP,OR,PE,PO,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 112 words from proceed according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of proceed

proceed

Alternative forms

  • procede (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English proceden, from Old French proceder, from Latin prōcēdō (“I go forth, go forward, advance”), from prō (“forth”) + cēdō (“I go”); see cede.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹəˈsiːd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɹəˈsid/
  • Homophone: precede
  • Rhymes: -iːd

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
  2. (intransitive) To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
  3. (intransitive) To come from; to have as its source or origin.
  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
  5. (intransitive) To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
  6. (intransitive, of a rule) To be applicable or effective; to be valid.
  7. (law, intransitive) To begin and carry on a legal process.
  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 cēdō 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, →OCLC.
  • “proceed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • copered, pre-Code, precode

Source: wiktionary.org