English Explanatory Dictionary

procedure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A particular method for performing a task.
  2. A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
  3. The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.
  4. The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
  5. That which results; issue; product.
  6. A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task, but does not return a value.
  7. A surgical operation.

Pronunciation

/pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒə/ /pɹəˈsid͡ʒɚ/ en-us-procedure.ogg

Word forms

procedure procedures

Etymology

From French procédure, from Old French, from Latin procedere (“to go forward, proceed”); see proceed.

Synonyms

function routine sub subroutine method operation algorithm process protocol

Related words

proceed process procession

Derived words

Arndt-Eistert procedure Bobbitt procedure civil procedure collection procedure criminal procedure cryoprocedure Davydov procedure Evans procedure Fontan procedure Frey's procedure Harada-Ito procedure Hartmann's procedure Ing-Manske procedure Krukenberg procedure Lowry process microprocedure midprocedure Mitrofanoff procedure Montreal procedure Nuss procedure parliamentary procedure periprocedure postprocedure preprocedure procedural procedure call procedure division procedure mask procedure word process-server process-serving Puestow-Gillesby procedure Puestow procedure Rastelli procedure remote procedure call Scopinaro procedure security procedure Sigwart procedure single justice procedure standard operating procedure subprocedure surgical procedure voice procedure alphabet Whipple procedure Edeleanu process
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