Procedure

Quick meaning: Procedure is a noun meaning A particular method for performing a task.

Meaning

A particular method for performing a task.

More Meanings

1. A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
2. (uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.
3. The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
4. (computing) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task, but does not return a value.
5. (medicine) A surgical operation.
6. (obsolete) That which results; issue; product.

Example Sentences

Gracious procedures.

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

There is not any known Substance, but Earth, and the Procedure of Earth (as Tile, Stone, &c.) that yeeldeth any Moss or Herby Substance.

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.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for procedure

Depending on context, synonyms include algorithm, method, process, routine, protocol, function.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include process, operation, function, routine, subprogram, subroutine.

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