Definitions for procedure
prəˈsi dʒərpro·ce·dure

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 6 votes

1. procedure, processnoun

   a particular course of action intended to achieve a result

   "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"

2. operation, procedurenoun

   a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work

   "the operations in building a house"; "certain machine tool operations"

3. routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, functionnoun

   a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

4. procedurenoun

   a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.2 / 5 votes

1. procedurenoun

   A particular method for performing a task.

2. procedurenoun

   A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.

3. procedurenoun

   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. procedurenoun

   The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.

   Gracious procedures. I. Taylor.

5. procedurenoun

   A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task.

6. Etymology: From procedure, from procedere; see proceed.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Procedurenoun

   Etymology: procedure, Fr. from proceed.

   1. Manner of proceeding; management; conduct.

   This is the true procedure of conscience, always supposing a law from God, before it lays obligation upon man. South.

   2. Act of proceeding; progress; process; operation.

   Although the distinction of these several procedures of the soul do not always appear distinct, especially in sudden actions, yet in actions of weight, all these have their distinct order and procedure. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

   3. Produce; thing produced.

   No known substance, but earth and the procedures of earth, as tile and stone, yieldeth any moss or herby substance. Francis Bacon.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. procedure

   A procedure is a series of steps followed in a specific order to accomplish a certain task. This can refer to a set of instructions in computing, a method of conducting business operations, a medical operation, or a protocol in scientific experiments. A procedure helps ensure the task is done accurately and consistently each time.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. Procedurenoun

   the act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct

2. Procedurenoun

   a step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding

3. Procedurenoun

   that which results; issue; product

4. Etymology: [F. procdure. See Proceed.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. procedure

   The easy and simple step-by-step instruction for how to achieve a goal or task.

   The company quality manual system had a set of quality assurance procedures.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 12, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Activity
   • Proceeding
   • Work

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'procedure' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1833

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'procedure' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1711

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'procedure' in Nouns Frequency: #395

Anagrams for procedure »

1. reproduce

How to pronounce procedure?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of procedure in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of procedure in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of procedure in a Sentence

1. Mbogo Futakamba:

   We have identified various water sources that are in a danger of being destroyed, it is just a matter of procedure before the government officially announces those protected sites.

2. Ankit Bharat:

   We are one of the first health systems to successfully perform a lung transplant on a patient recovering from COVID-19, we want other transplant centers to know that while the transplant procedure in these patients is quite technically challenging, it can be done safely, and it offers the terminally ill COVID-19 patients another option for survival.

3. The Spokesman-Review:

   I was being rhetorical, because I was trying to make the point that equalizing a colonoscopy to this particular procedure was apples and oranges, so I was asking a rhetorical question that was designed to make her say that they weren't the same thing, and she did so. It was the response I wanted.

4. Harry Broadman:

   That is not the procedure usually followed in trade negotiations worldwide. Usually you speak after you have something in writing, and both sides release it.

5. Raj Gandhi:

   This was an inside-out kind of thing, something that was inside from the procedure was expressing itself as drainage.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=procedure
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Procedure
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=procedure
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/procedure