How to spell proceed
proceed
Proceed is spelled P-R-O-C-E-E-D.
Not procede.
Why is proceed easy to misspell?
The word proceed ends -ceed, and the misspelling procede gives it the -cede of precede. It is one of the three common -ceed words, with exceed and succeed, though its noun procedure keeps only one E after the C.
This is one of the few endings English settles outright. Only exceed, proceed and succeed take -ceed, and only supersede takes -sede; everything else is -cede.
What does proceed mean?
verb. To start or continue a course of action.
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