After the initial experiments proved successful, the research team decided to proceed with the full-scale clinical trial.
在初步实验成功后，研究团队决定继续进行全面的临床试验。
The historian's account proceeds strictly year by year from 1914 to 1918, pausing at each year only to note major battles and their immediate political consequences.
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The historian's account of the canal's construction proceeds strictly by decade from the 1880s to the 1910s, pausing at each decade only to describe major engineering setbacks and how they were overcome.
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The historian's account of the railway's expansion proceeds strictly by decade from the 1850s to the 1900s, pausing at each decade only to describe major financial crises and how they were resolved.
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Which choice best defines “proceed”?
A — Go forward, continue. “proceed” means go forward, continue.
Which word means “go forward, continue”?
D — proceed. “proceed” means go forward, continue.
proceed — go forward, continue. In Chinese: 继续，前进.
proceed is pronounced /prəˈsiːd/.
After the initial experiments proved successful, the research team decided to proceed with the full-scale clinical trial. (在初步实验成功后，研究团队决定继续进行全面的临床试验。)
continue, advance, move forward — all close in meaning to proceed (go forward, continue).
halt, retreat — each the opposite of proceed (go forward, continue).
Yes. proceed is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
pro(towards forward)+ceed(walk)