Procedure

//pɹəˈsid͡ʒɚ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work wordnet
  3. 3
    A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result wordnet
  2. 7
    The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding. countable, uncountable

    "Gracious procedures."

  3. 8
    a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program wordnet
  4. 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."

  5. 10
    A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task, but does not return a value. countable, uncountable
  6. 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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