ced/cess
siːd · ses
One step forward turns into process and excess
The picture A foot going down in front of the other, again and again. Only how far you walk changes. ced walks away from you; ven walks toward you.
Where the picture shows up in ced/cess
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walking onward
Please proceed to gate 12.
pliːz proʊˈsiːd tuː ɡeɪt twelv
Please make your way to gate 12.
Bag in hand, following the arrows on the floor all the way to gate 12.
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a way to walk up to it
Do you have access to the storage room?
duː juː hæv ˈækses tuː ðə ˈstɔːrɪdʒ ruːm
Are you allowed into the storage room?
An open corridor: you can walk right up to the storage door and nobody stops you.
ac (toward) + cess (go) — a path you may walk up to is access.
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steps taken in order
The whole process takes two days.
ðə hoʊl ˈprɑːses teɪks tuː deɪz
The whole thing takes two days.
Two days' worth of footprints, one marked square at a time, to the end.
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walking past the line
The cost must not exceed the budget.
ðə kɔːst mʌst nɑːt ɪkˈsiːd ðə ˈbʌdʒɪt
The cost mustn't go over the budget.
A foot stepping over the budget line drawn on the floor.
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walking right behind
Who will succeed him as team lead?
huː wɪl səkˈsiːd hɪm æz tiːm liːd
Who is taking over from him as team lead?
Walking right into the footprints the person ahead left, and taking their place.
suc (right after) + ceed (go) — you walk in behind and take the place. Catching up to your goal is the same picture.
All of it in one picture
ced/cess is one foot going down in front of the other. Keep walking forward and it is proceeding; be allowed to walk right up to the door and you have access; walk the steps in a fixed order and it is a process. Walk past the line drawn on the floor and you exceed it; walk close behind someone's steps and you succeed them. One walk — how far you take it makes the word.