Procedure Definition

procedure

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  (file)

Noun

procedure (countable and uncountable; plural procedures)

1. A particular method for performing a task.
2. A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
3. (uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.

   Ensure that you follow procedure when accessing customers' personal information.

4. The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.

   Gracious procedures. —I. Taylor.

5. (obsolete) That which results; issue; product.

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6. (computing) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task.

Synonyms

• (method): algorithm, method, process, routine
• (set of established forms or methods of an organized body): protocol
• (computing): function, routine, sub, subroutine, method (although some of these have slightly differing meanings in some programming languages)

Related terms

• administrative procedure
• proceed
• process
• procession

External links

• procedure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• procedure in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• reproduce

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /proːsəˈdyːrə/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

procedure f.

1. procedure

Anagrams

• produceer, producere

Italian

Noun

procedure f.

1. Plural form of procedura.

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