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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | undertaking, course of action |
| Synonyms: | act, action, adventure, casualty, circumstance, come off, deed, exercise, experiment, go-down, goings-on, happening, incident, maneuver, measure, move, movement, occurrence, operation, performance, procedure, process, step, transaction, venture |
| Main Entry: | proceed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flow from; originate |
| Synonyms: | arise, come, derive, emanate, ensue, extend, follow, head, issue, pass, result, rise, spring, stem |
| Notes: | precede means to be earlier in time or come before, while proceed means to continue with one's activities or to follow a procedure or take a course |
| Antonyms: | return |
| Main Entry: | action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a legal process |
| Synonyms: | case, cause, claim, lawsuit, litigation, proceeding, prosecution, suit |
| Main Entry: | affair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity |
| Synonyms: | assignment, avocation, calling, case, circumstance, concern, duty, employment, episode, event, hap, happening, incident, interest, job, mission, obligation, occupation, occurrence, office function, proceeding, profession, project, province, pursuit, question, realm, responsibility, subject, task, thing*, topic, transaction, undertaking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | actions |
| Synonyms: | acts, affairs, deal, deed, events, goings-on, happenings, matters, proceeding |
| Main Entry: | emanation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emergence, discharge |
| Synonyms: | arising, beginning, derivation, drainage, effluence, effluent, efflux, effusion, ejaculation, emerging, emission, escape, exhalation, exudation, flow, flowing, gush, issuance, issuing, leakage, oozing, origin, origination, outflow, outpour, proceeding, radiation, springing, welling |
| Antonyms: | taking, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | event |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occurrence, happening |
| Synonyms: | accident, act, action, advent, adventure, affair, appearance, business, calamity, case, catastrophe, celebration, ceremony, chance, circumstance, coincidence, conjuncture, crisis, deed, development, emergency, episode, experience, exploit, fact, function, holiday, incident, juncture, marvel, matter, milestone, miracle, misfortune, mishap, mistake, occasion, occurrence, pass, phase, phenomenon, predicament, proceeding, shift, situation, story, thing*, tide, transaction, triumph, turn, wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | event; detail of action |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, act, action, actuality, adventure, affair, being, case, circumstance, conception, consideration, construction, creation, data, datum, deed, entity, episode, evidence, experience, factor, fait accompli, feature, happening, incident, information, item, manifestation, occurrence, organism, particular, performance, phenomenon, point, proceeding, specific, statistic, transaction, truism |
| Antonyms: | lie |
| Main Entry: | form |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accepted procedure; ceremony |
| Synonyms: | behavior, by the book, by the numbers, canon, ceremonial, channels, conduct, convenance, convention, custom, decorum, done thing, etiquette, fashion, formality, habit, law, layout, manner, manners, method, mode, practice, precept, proceeding, process, propriety, protocol, regulation, rite, ritual, ropes, rule, setup, style, usage, way |
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