proceedings

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of proceeding

   “Hodgson's approach may not illuminate proceedings in Poland and Ukraine but early evidence suggests they will be tough to break down.”

2. (plural, plural-only)The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law.

   “Then is the man your father killed one of your family? It’s clear he must be, because you wouldn’t be taking out proceedings for homicide on behalf of someone who wasn’t family.”

   “Christina and Mark Rotondo of Camillus started the court proceedings this month and filed evidence of five toughly worded notices they served their son, starting in February.”

   “A far-right Polish MP has extinguished candles on a menorah lit for Hanukah in Poland’s parliament, disrupting proceedings before a planned vote of confidence in the new government.”

3. (plural, plural-only)The published record of the actions of a society, or of things done at its meetings.