English Explanatory Dictionary

procedural

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Related to procedure.
  2. Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed.
noun
  1. A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail.
  2. Ellipsis of police procedural.

Pronunciation

/pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-procedural.wav

Word forms

procedural more procedural most procedural procedurals

Etymology

From procedure + -al.

Related words

proceedable processable processual

Derived words

cedural multiprocedural nonprocedural periprocedural postprocedural preprocedural procedural due process proceduralism proceduralist procedurality procedural law procedurally procedural memory unprocedural police procedural
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