Course
Course noun - A usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result.
Usage example: set out on the course that would lead to a college degree
Proceeding is a synonym for course in advance topic. In some cases you can use "Proceeding" instead a noun "Course", when it comes to topics like progression.
Proceeding
Proceeding noun - A usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result.
Usage example: this is not the haphazard proceeding that it may seem to the casual observer
Course is a synonym for proceeding in advance topic. You can use "Course" instead a noun "Proceeding".
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Both words in one sentence
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Worf: No, no, no-but if I were, I would of course discuss the situation with you before proceeding further.
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Scoring outside the top three is actually rather difficult in the SNES, N64,and GBA installments, where if you fail to finish within the top four of any race, you lose one life and are forced to retry that course instead of proceeding on to the next.
Source: Video Game / Mario Kart - Of course, he savagely murders said orphanage master... right in front of a little orphaned girl no less before proceeding to the main plot, so I guess the second book brutally explores this trope front, back, and sideways.
Source: Orphanage of Fear
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