procedure
nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//pɹəˈsiː.d͡ʒə//
- Canada//pɹəˈsi.d͡ʒɚ//
- Australia//pɹəˈsiː.d͡ʒə//
- Australia/[pɹəˈsɪi.d͡ʒə]/
- Australia/[pɹəˈsɪ̈i.d͡ʒə]/
A particular method for performing a task.
noun
- 1
A particular method for performing a task.
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 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.
Ensure that you follow procedure when accessing customers' personal information.
- 4
The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
Gracious procedures.
- 5
obsoleteThat which results; issue; product.
There is not any known Substance, but Earth, and the Procedure of Earth (as Tile, Stone, &c.) that yeeldeth any Moss or Herby Substance.
- 6
A subroutine coded to perform a specific task, which is not permitted a return value when distinguished from a function.
- 7
A surgical operation.
Etymology
From French procédure, from Old French, from Latin procedere (“to go forward, proceed”); see proceed.
Forms
- plural
- procedures
procedure · A particular method for performing a task.
proceed · To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry…proceeding · The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or…proceedings · The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at…