Contact
Proceed
Proceed verb - To move forward along a course.
Contact and proceed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contact" instead a verb "Proceed".
Nearby Word: proceeding
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Both words in one sentence
- They immediately proceed to follow the "standard first contact procedures"; the human draws a Pythagorean triangle, while the alien draws some squiggly lines.
Source: First Contact Math -
They proceed to enact a plan to contact Satan and put him under their control, thus making it easier to take over Heaven.
Source: Video Game / Messiah -
The latter two get pissed that they are being underestimated and proceed to launch attacks at the "distracted" pair, who barely break eye contact or move while fending them off.
Source: Offhand Backhand
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Proceed and Contact. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contact/proceed
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