Proceed and Tend

Proceed

Proceed verb - To move forward along a course.

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Tend and proceed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tend" instead a verb "Proceed".

Nearby Word: proceeding

Tend verb - To show a liking or proneness (for something).

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Proceed and tend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Proceed" instead a verb "Tend".

character	proceed character	tend character
life	proceed life	tend life
role	proceed role	tend role
amount	proceed amount	tend amount
Other words: time, way, characters, game, powers, weapons, guns.

The Ciaphas Cain stories tend to proceed as follows: the eponymous commissar is deployed to a new crisis zone, and runs into some trouble during or shortly after his arrival there.

Source: Strictly Formula
You can notice that most of the more recent Godzilla films tend to open up with some Godzilla action to hook the audience, then tend to proceed with the usual human story for some while before monster action typically resumes.

Source: Franchise / Godzilla
These people tend to decide that they know what's best and proceed to rebel until other Cobras either kill them or restrain them long enough to have the Super part downgraded.

Source: With Great Power Comes Great Insanity

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