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Procedure
//pɹəˈsid͡ʒɚ// noun
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Noun
- 1 A particular method for performing a task. countable, uncountable
"One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination."
- 2 a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work wordnet
- 3 A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end. countable, uncountable
- 4 a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings wordnet
- 5 The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks. uncountable
"Ensure that you follow procedure when accessing customers' personal information."
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- 6 a particular course of action intended to achieve a result wordnet
- 7 The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding. countable, uncountable
"Gracious procedures."
- 8 a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program wordnet
- 9 That which results; issue; product. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"There is not any known Substance, but Earth, and the Procedure of Earth (as Tile, Stone, &c.) that yeeldeth any Moss or Herby Substance."
- 10 A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task, but does not return a value. countable, uncountable
- 11 A surgical operation. countable, uncountable
Etymology
From French procédure, from Old French, from Latin procedere (“to go forward, proceed”); see proceed.
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