Proceeded
Started and proceeded are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Started" instead a verb "Proceeded".
Nearby Word: proceeding
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Averted in Final Fantasy IV (DS version), where Golbez/Theodor started to be a good older brother to Cecil, but Zemus started his mind control and Golbez proceeded to kick Cecil's ass to the curb.
Source: Promotion to Parent - It started with May and Brendan in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, and proceeded to escalate from there, up to the above situation.
- The two had been watching TV together when they started talking, and realized that they were both bored and lonely...at which point they then proceeded to jump each other.
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Started and Proceeded. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/proceeded/started
Proceeded & Started. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/proceeded/started>.
Started or Proceeded. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/proceeded/started.
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